Schools in Prescot
Prescot and the surrounding Knowsley area are served by 18 schools: 14 primaries and 2 secondaries - Rainhill High School and Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy. Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council co-ordinates admissions across the borough, with secondary preferences due by the October national deadline.
Eight of Prescot's 18 schools carry a religious character - the majority Catholic or Church of England - meaning faith criteria sit ahead of proximity in oversubscription decisions at those schools. Five schools are currently at or above their published admission number. Seven schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. Families applying to Saint Edmund Arrowsmith will need to complete a Supplementary Information Form alongside the borough's co-ordinated application.
School demand in Prescot
Across the 15 schools in Prescot with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 93%. 5 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.
8 schools in Prescot have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
7 of the schools in Prescot are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Knowsley, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Prescot 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 Prescot: 4 oversubscribed (14)
Knowsley Village School
Primary · Community school
Prescot · L34 0ER
Evelyn Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Prescot · L34 2SP
St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Prescot · L35 5DN
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Prescot · L34 6JJ
St Luke's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Prescot · L35 5AT
St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Prescot · L35 3SR
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Prescot · L34 0HA
Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Prescot · L34 2QN
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Prescot · L35 6NN
St Ann's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Prescot · L35 0LQ
Halsnead Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Prescot · L35 3TX
Whiston Willis Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Prescot · L35 2XY
Oakdene Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Prescot · L35 0QQ
Prescot Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Prescot · L34 2TA
Secondary Schools in Prescot (2)
Other Schools in Prescot (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Prescot are set by Knowsley and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.