Living in Bootle with children
Bootle, Sefton. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 53,722 people in 23,710 households; 27.8% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
17 schools: 13 state primary, 3 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegeBootle on the schools map →Every school in Bootle, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (13)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School | Outstanding | Top 10% · 3rd in Sefton | — |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 18th in Sefton | — |
| St Oswald's Church of England Primary School | Good | Top half · 26th in Sefton | — |
| St Monica's Catholic Primary School | Good | Lower half · 34th in Sefton | — |
| Christ Church Church of England Controlled Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 51st in Sefton | — |
| All Saints Catholic Primary School | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 60th in Sefton | — |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Academy | Good | Lower half · 61st in Sefton | — |
| Netherton Moss Primary School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 62nd in Sefton | 1.042 miles (2026) |
| Thomas Gray Primary School | Good | Lower half · 64th in Sefton | 0.64 miles (2026) |
| Springwell Park Community Primary School | Good | Lower half · 65th in Sefton | 2.0 miles (2026) |
| The Grange Primary School | Good | Lower half · 68th in Sefton | 1.837 miles (2026) |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 70th in Sefton | — |
| Linacre Primary School | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 71st in Sefton | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside High School | Good | Lower half · 11th in Sefton | 0.645 miles (2026) |
| King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes | Good | Lower half · 17th in Sefton | 3.291 miles (2026) |
| The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 18th in Sefton | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Baird College | Outstanding | Top half · 3rd in Sefton | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (22 detached, 130 semi-detached, 176 terraced, 37 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Bootle. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Bootle →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 96% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,146 postcodes in L20, L30. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 1 strong or better in every area; 7 good, or expected standard; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 11 in Sefton.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Sefton
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Sefton.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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