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EnglandPrescot

Schools in Prescot

One of England's earliest centres of the watch and clock trade, Prescot's manufacturing chapter spanned three centuries before deindustrialisation took hold and a new chapter of renewal followed. The Shakespeare North Playhouse, a circular Jacobean-style theatre that opened in 2022, has become the most visible emblem of that shift in this corner of Merseyside, east of Liverpool.

Rainhill is among the most school-competitive areas in the wider borough, while Whiston and Eccleston Lane Ends draw families weighing up primary and secondary places on the town's fringes. Prescot and Eccleston Park stations connect to Liverpool Lime Street via Merseyrail in around twenty minutes. Around 12,800 people live in the civil parish today.

Area Performance

Prescot schools rank in the top 47% of England

Across 17 primary and secondary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.29/10, -0.06 vs England.

Find My School Inspection Band

17% Elite

Distribution across all Prescot schools

17%
11%
67%
EliteExcellentGoodDeveloping

Prescot vs England distribution

National Rank

Top 47%

Across all ranked Prescot schools

Top 44%Primaryavg #6,588 of 14,978
Top 62%Secondaryavg #2,294 of 3,680

Primary schools: 14 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.6/10
+0.22 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#6,588
+6 pts vs medianmedian 7,489

top 44% of 14,978

% reaching expected RWM standardstate
65%
+3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
9%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.6/10
+0.22 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#6,588
+6 pts vs medianmedian 7,489

top 44% of 14,978

% reaching expected RWM standardstate
65%
+3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
9%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%

Secondary schools: 3 schools (state + independent)

LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.0/10
-1.40 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,294
-12 pts vs medianmedian 1,840

top 62% of 3,680

Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
44.1
+5.0 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
6.0/10
-1.40 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,294
-12 pts vs medianmedian 1,840

top 62% of 3,680

Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
44.1
+5.0 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1

Overall Oxbridge

#471

1 ranked schools · +443 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984

Applications

2

Offers

1

Offer rate50.0%
+27.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%

Cambridge

#364

1 ranked schools · +409 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881

Applications

2

Offers

1

Offer rate50.0%
+20.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
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