Schools in Bootle
Bootle is a town on Merseyside within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, with 18 schools including 13 primaries and 3 secondaries. Sefton Council co-ordinates admissions for maintained schools, and most community primaries use catchment area or proximity as the main tiebreaker. Bootle's school population reflects a diverse, urban community with a significant Catholic presence - several schools are voluntary aided Catholic schools that apply faith-based criteria before distance.
The three secondary schools in Bootle are King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes, Hillside High School, and The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco, which is a Catholic school with national admissions criteria. Families in the outer parts of Bootle should check whether their address falls within Sefton or Liverpool's boundary, as the two councils operate separate admissions rounds, though each accepts out-of-borough preferences.
School demand in Bootle
Across the 16 schools in Bootle with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 98%. 7 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
9 schools in Bootle have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Bootle are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Sefton, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
10 of the schools in Bootle have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Bootle: 6 oversubscribed (13)
Linacre Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bootle · L20 5ED
Netherton Moss Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bootle · L30 3RU
Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Bootle · L20 3JL
St Oswald's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Bootle · L30 5RH
St Monica's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Bootle · L20 9EB
St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Bootle · L20 6ED
All Saints Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Bootle · L20 4LX
Springwell Park Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Bootle · L20 6PG
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Bootle · L30 7PG
Holy Spirit Catholic Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Bootle · L30 2NR
Thomas Gray Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bootle · L20 4LX
The Grange Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bootle · L30 0QS
Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Bootle · L30 3SA
Secondary Schools in Bootle (3)
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
Secondary · Free schools
Bootle · L20 6AQ
Hillside High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Bootle · L20 9NU
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Bootle · L30 2NA
Other Schools in Bootle (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Bootle are set by Sefton and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.