Everton Free School & Football College, Liverpool

Across Liverpool, 68% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 90% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Liverpool lodged 731 appeals against secondary school offers; 614 reached a hearing and 58 succeeded (9.4% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Everton Free School & Football College are Alsop High School (0.7 miles); Alsop High School (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 33.1); Hillside High School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.1); and Notre Dame Catholic Academy (0.9 miles, Attainment 8 30).

Everton Free School & Football College is one of 5 schools run by Everton Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 63% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 13% to a further education college.

5.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (11%).

The nearest railway station is Kirkdale Rail Station, about 800 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oxton Street (adjacent), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Everton Free School & Football College stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 677 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342), as is usual near a town centre.

The primary schools closest to Everton Free School & Football College are Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School (0.3 miles), Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School (0.3 miles) and St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.