Best Schools in Prescot

How many schools are there in Prescot?

Prescot has 18 open schools: 14 state primary, 2 state secondary or all-through, 1 independent and 1 other.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Which schools in Prescot are rated Outstanding?

4 schools in Prescot were rated Outstanding at their most recent graded Ofsted inspection: Whiston Willis Primary Academy, Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School, St Ann's Church of England Primary School and Rainhill Community Nursery. Counting Good as well, 87% of the 15 graded schools here are rated Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.

Whiston Willis Primary AcademyEccleston Lane Ends Primary SchoolSt Ann's Church of England Primary SchoolRainhill Community Nursery

Source: Ofsted

Which secondary schools in Prescot get the best GCSE results?

Of the 2 schools in Prescot with 2026 GCSE results, the highest Attainment 8 scores - the average grade across a pupil's best eight GCSEs - were at Rainhill High School, with an Attainment 8 score of 50.3 and 51% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; and Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, with an Attainment 8 score of 32.6 and 32% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above. Progress 8, the DfE's value-added measure, was not published for 2026.

Rainhill High SchoolSaint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy

Source: DfE school performance data

Which primary schools in Prescot have the best SATs results?

Of the 12 primary schools in Prescot with 2025 Key Stage 2 results, the highest shares of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading and maths were at Evelyn Community Primary School (97% in reading, 97% in maths); St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School (89% in reading, 83% in maths); and Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School (83% in reading, 86% in maths). Small schools can swing a long way from one year to the next, because each pupil is a large share of the result.

Evelyn Community Primary SchoolSt Bartholomew's Catholic Primary SchoolEccleston Lane Ends Primary School

Source: DfE school performance data

Are there grammar schools in Prescot?

No. None of the state secondary schools in Prescot selects pupils by ability, so every state secondary here is comprehensive.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Do schools in Prescot have catchment areas?

Most state schools in Prescot have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, the council allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.

How do I apply for a school place in Prescot?

Apply to your council - Knowsley or St. Helens, depending on your address - through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts. Independent schools run their own admissions, so apply to those directly.