1
St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School
Bootle • Merseyside • L20 6ED
1
12 Sep 2024
Top 10 Primary schools in Merseyside
Updated for the latest inspections (median graded year: 2020)
This Top 10 showcases primary schools in the county of Merseyside. It’s built from the latest graded Ofsted inspections. We rank Outstanding (grade 1) above Good (grade 2), then prioritise newer inspections. As tie-breakers, we consider the “Quality of education” sub-judgement (where available), then %FSM and school size.
Total primary schools
371
Outstanding
34
Good
270
Median inspection year
2020
Ofsted grade mix (graded schools)
O: 10% · G: 80% · RI: 9% · I: 1%
2
St Thomas Church of England Primary School, Lydiate
Liverpool • Merseyside • L31 0BP
1
11 Sep 2024
3
Freshfield Primary School
Liverpool • Merseyside • L37 3JT
1
24 Jun 2024
4
Bleak Hill Primary School
St Helens • Merseyside • WA10 6HG
1
11 Jun 2024
5
Thornton Hough Primary School
Wirral • Merseyside • CH63 1JJ
1
20 Mar 2024
6
Whiston Willis Primary Academy
Prescot • Merseyside • L35 2XY
1
10 Mar 2024
7
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary School
Wirral • Merseyside • CH49 1RE
1
24 Jan 2024
8
Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School
LIVERPOOL • Merseyside • L12 0JE
1
18 Jan 2024
9
Brackenwood Infant School
Wirral • Merseyside • CH63 2HN
1
19 Dec 2023
10
Town Lane Infant School
Wirral • Merseyside • CH63 8LD
1
13 Dec 2023
How we rank these schools
- Headline Ofsted grade: Outstanding (1) outranks Good (2), then RI (3), then Inadequate (4).
- More recent graded inspection dates rank higher.
- Where available, we use the Quality of education sub-judgement as a tie-breaker.
- Lower free school meals (%) may break remaining ties.
- Larger roll (pupil count) is a final tie-breaker.
Only the ten highest-ranked schools are shown; we also list “near misses” just below.
About Ofsted grades
- Outstanding (1): Highest judgement across key areas.
- Good (2): Strong effectiveness; meets standards consistently.
- Requires improvement (3): Not yet good; clear areas to improve.
- Inadequate (4): Significant weaknesses found.
Ungraded Section 8 visits check whether the previous graded judgement still stands, but they don’t replace it.
Data freshness & coverage
We refresh inspections and school snapshots regularly. If a school was inspected very recently, its report may not yet appear here.
Top-10 pages only appear for areas with at least 10 primary schools that have a graded Ofsted inspection.
Map of the Top 10
Also highly rated nearby
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1 • Dec 2023
- Rimrose Hope CofE Primary School 1 • Jul 2023
- St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School 1 • Jan 2022
- Smithdown Primary School 1 • Nov 2021
- Florence Melly Community Primary School 1 • Jul 2019
- Mersey Park Primary School 1 • Apr 2019
- St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School 1 • Mar 2019
- Knowsley Lane Primary School 1 • Feb 2019
- St Silas Church of England Primary School 1 • Jan 2018
- Whitefield Primary School 1 • Dec 2017