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Schools in Liverpool

186 schools in the Liverpool local authority.

Schools

186

Open schools

Pupils

78,190

2025–26 census

Good or better

89%

133 of 150 graded

Academic Performance

4.8

out of 10 · 173 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
23 15%
Good
110 73%
Requires improvement
14 9%
Inadequate
3 2%
16 inspected since 2024, no overall grade23 superseded by a report card20 not judged2 in a category of concern2 safeguarding not effective
4.8
Academic Performance

Averaged over 173 of 186 schools that can be scored

Pupils

78,190

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 185 of 186 schools (78,190 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
70%
Asian
6%
Black
8%
Mixed
6%
Chinese
1%
Any other group
7%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 170 of 186 schools (76,875 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
35.2%

27,094 of 76,875 pupils · 170 of 186 schools

First language not English
22.6%

17,410 of 76,875 pupils · 170 of 186 schools

Young carers
<1%

134 of 76,383 pupils · 165 of 186 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
117
Secondary
33
All-through
1
Special
15
Nursery
5
PRU
4
Not recorded
11

Top primary schools in Liverpool

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Liverpool

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 186 schools in Liverpool — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Liverpool

How many schools are there in Liverpool?
Liverpool has 186 open schools — 117 primary, 33 secondary, 15 special, 5 nursery, teaching 78,190 pupils in total.
How many schools in Liverpool are rated Good or Outstanding?
133 of the 150 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 89% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 23 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 186: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Liverpool?
4.8 out of 10, averaged across the 173 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Liverpool schools have no Ofsted rating?
36 schools in Liverpool currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Liverpool local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Liverpool covers 186 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Liverpool are eligible for free school meals?
35.2% — 27,094 of 76,875 pupils at the 170 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the North West region.