List of schools in the North West of England
The following is a partial list of currently operating schools in the North West region of England. You may also find Category:Schools in England of use to find a particular school. See also the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom.
Listed by local education authority area, and, in some cases further categorised by local authority district; the schools are then further divided to distinguish between state and independent schools and type of school.
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State Schools
Secondary Schools
- Darwen Vale High School
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
Secondary Schools
- Beacon Hill High School (formerly Warbreck High School for Boys)
- Bispham High School Performing Arts College (formerly Greenlands High School for Girls)
- Palatine Community Sports College (formerly Palatine High School)
- St. Marys Catholic High School
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
- Arnold School
- Elmslie Girl's School (closed)
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
- Bolton School, Bolton (public school)
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- Derby High School
- Broad Oak High School
- Bury Church of England High School
- Castlebrook High School
- Tottington High School
- St Gabriels Roman Catholic High School
- Elton High School
- St Philips High School
- Radcliffe Riverside High School
Primary Schools
- Greenhill Primary School
- Lowercroft Primary School
- Chantlers Primary School
- Tottington South Primary School
- Affetside Primary School
- St Michaels Primary School
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Bury Grammar (Boys) Bury Grammar (Girls)
Further Education Colleges
- Abbey Gate College, Saighton
- Alder Community High School, Gee Cross
- Alderley Edge School for Girls, Alderley Edge
- All Hallows Catholic High School, Macclesfield
- All Saints Catholic College, Dukinfield
- Alsager School, Alsager
- Altrincham College of Arts, Timperley
- Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Bowdon
- Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Bowdon
- Ashton-on-Mersey School, Sale
- Astley Sports College and Community High School, Dukinfield
- Avondale High School, Cheadle Heath, Cheadle Heath
- Birchwood Community High School, Birchwood
- Bishop Heber High School, Malpas
- Blacon High School, Blacon
- Blessed Thomas Holford College, Altrincham
- Bramhall High School, Bramhall
- Bridgewater High School (Cheshire), Appleton
- Brine Leas High School, Nantwich
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Latchford
- Cheadle Hulme High School, Cheadle Hulme
- Cheadle Hulme School, Cheadle Hulme
- Chester Catholic High School
- Christ The King School, Sale
- Christleton High School, Christleton
- Congleton High School, Congleton
- Copley High School, Stalybridge
- Coppenhall High School, Crewe
- County High School Leftwich, Northwich
- Covenant Christian School, Stockport
- Cransley School, Great Budworth
- Culcheth Hall School, Altrincham
- Culcheth High School, Culcheth
- Eaton Bank School, Congleton
- Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, Ellesmere Port
- Fairfield High School, Widnes, Widnes
- Fallibroome High School, Macclesfield
- Fearnhead College, Warrington
- Frodsham School, Frodsham
- Golborne High School, Golborne
- Grange Comprehensive School, Runcorn
- Great Sankey High School, Great Sankey
- Halton High School, Runcorn
- Hammond School, Hoole Village
- Harrytown Catholic High School, Romiley
- Hartford High School, Hartford nr Northwich
- Hazel Grove High School, Hazel Grove
- Helsby High School, Helsby
- Henbury High School, Macclesfield
- Hillcrest Grammar School, Stockport
- Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, Holmes Chapel
- Hulme Hall Grammar School, Cheadle Hulme
- Hyde Technology School, Hyde
- Jeff Joseph Sale Moor Technology College, Sale
- Kings Grove School, Crewe
- Kingsway High School, Chester
- Knutsford High School, Knutsford
- Littlemoss High School for Boys, Droylsden
- Longdendale High School, Hollingworth
- Loreto Grammar School, Altrincham
- Lowton Community High School, Lowton
- Lymm High School, Lymm
- Malbank School and Sixth Form Centre, Nantwich
- Marple Hall School, Marple
- Middlewich High School, Middlewich
- Mostyn House School, Parkgate
- Neston High School, Neston
- North Cestrian Grammar School, Altrincham
- Offerton High School, Offerton
- Oriel Bank, Davenport
- Padgate High School, Padgate
- Penketh High School, Penketh
- Poynton High School, Poynton
- Priestnall School, Heaton Mersey
- Queens Park High School, Chester
- Reddish Vale School, Reddish
- Rudheath High School, Rudheath
- Ruskin Sports College, Crewe
- Ryles Park High School, Macclesfield
- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School, Widnes
- Sandbach High School, Sandbach
- Sandbach School, Sandbach
- Shavington High School, Shavington
- Sir Thomas Boteler High School, Latchford
- St Ambrose College, Hale Barns
- St Anne's Roman Catholic High School, Heaton Chapel
- St Chad's Catholic High School, Halton Lodge
- St Gregory's Catholic High School, Westbrook
- St James' Catholic High School, Cheadle Hulme
- St Nicholas Catholic High School, Hartford nr Northwich
- St Thomas More Catholic High School, Crewe
- Stanney High School, Ellesmere Port
- Stockport School, Stockport
- Sutton High School, Ellesmere Port, Ellesmere Port
- Tarporley High School, Tarporley
- The Bankfield School, Widnes
- The Bishop's Blue Coat High School, Great Boughton
- The Catholic High School, Handbridge
- The Grange School, Hartford nr Northwich
- The Hammond School, Chester
- The Heath School, Runcorn
- The King's School, Macclesfield, Macclesfield
- The King's School, Chester, Chester
- The Kingsway School, Cheadle
- The Queen's School, Chester
- The Verdin High School, Winsford
- The Whitby High School, Ellesmere Port
- Two Trees Community High School, Denton
- Tytherington High School, Macclesfield
- Upton-by-Chester High School, Upton-by-Chester
- Victoria Community Technology School, Crewe
- Wade Deacon High School, Widnes
- Weaverham High School, Weaverham
- Wellington School, Timperley
- Werneth School, Romiley
- William Beamont Community High School, Orford
- Wilmslow High School, Wilmslow
- Woodford Lodge High School, Winsford
- Woolston Community High School, Woolston
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- Ulverston Victoria High School, Ulverston
- Parkview Community College of Technology, Barrow-in-Furness
- St. Bernard's Catholic High School, Barrow-in-Furness
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- Bacup And Rawtenstall Grammar School
- Burscough Priory Science College, Burscough
- Clitheroe Royal Grammar School , Clitheroe
- Crompton House
- Hutton Grammar School, Preston
- King Edward VII and Queen Mary School (Independent day school, Lytham St. Anne's)
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School
- Lancaster Girl's Grammar School
- Mansfield High School, Brierfield
- Ormskirk School, Ormskirk
- Our Lady's Catholic High School, Preston
- Stonyhurst College
- Tarleton High School
- Westholme school
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
- Lancaster Steiner School
- Pius X Preporatory School, Preston
- St. Annes College Grammar School, Lytham St. Annes (formerly St. Annes College for Girls)
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- Liverpool Blue Coat School (secondary school)
Primary Schools
- Christ Church School
Special Schools
Independent Schools
- Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby (public boys' school)
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- The Barlow RC High School, Manchester
- Chorlton High School, Manchester
- Manchester Academy
- Manchester High School For Girls
- Parrs Wood High School, Manchester
- St. Georges R.C. High School, Walkden
- St. Matthews R.C. High school,Manchester
- St Peter's RC high school, Manchester
- Trinity C.E. High School, Manchester
- Withington Girls School
- Two Trees Sports College, Denton
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
- Chetham's School of Music (independent, Manchester)
- Manchester Grammar School (public school)
- St Bede's College, Manchester
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- Beal Vale Primary School, Shaw and Crompton
- The Blue Coat School Oldham
- Breeze Hill School
- Buckstones Primary School, Shaw and Crompton
- Crompton House C.E. Secondary School, Shaw and Crompton
- Crompton Primary School, Shaw and Crompton
- East Crompton St George's Church of England School, Shaw and Crompton
- East Crompton St James Church of England School, Shaw and Crompton
- Grange School, Oldham
- Hulme Grammar School
- Kaskenmoor School
- North Chadderton School, Chadderton
- Our Lady's R.C. High School, Royton
- Royton and Crompton School, Royton
- Rushcroft Primary School, Shaw and Crompton
- Saddleworth School, Uppermill, Saddleworth
- South Chadderton School
- St Augustine of Canterbury R.C. High School
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Junior Infant and Nursery School, Shaw and Crompton
- St. Mary's Church of England Primary School, High Crompton, Shaw and Crompton
- The Hathershaw College, Oldham
- The Radclyffe School, Chadderton
Primary Schools
Primary Schools
- Holy Rosary R.C. Primary School
Independent Schools
- Farrowdale House Independent Preparatory School, Shaw and Crompton
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- Balderstone Technology College
- Cardinal Langley School
- Falinge Park High School
- Matthew Moss High School
- Oulder Hill Community School
Primary Schools
- Caldershaw Primary School
- Norden Community Primary School
- Whittaker Moss Primary School
- St. Vincent's R.C. Primary School
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- Ainsdale High School, Ainsdale
- Birkdale High School, Southport
- Bootle High School, Netherton
- Chesterfield High School, Crosby
- Christ The King Catholic High School, Southport
- Deyes High School, Maghull
- Formby High School, Formby
- Greenbank High School, Southport
- Hillside High School, Bootle
- Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton
- Litherland High School, Litherland
- Maghull High School, Maghull
- Maricourt Catholic High School, Maghull
- Meols Cop High School, Southport
- Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby
- Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Crosby
- Range High School, Formby
- Sacred Heart Catholic College, Crosby
- Savio Catholic High School, Sefton (Catholic secondary school)
- St Ambrose Barlow Technology College, Netherton
- St George of England High School, Bootle
- St Mary's College, Crosby
- St. Michael's Church of England High School, Crosby
- St Wilfrid's Catholic High School, Litherland
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- St. Augustine Of Canterbury Roman Catholic High School
- St Cuthberts Catholic Community College for Business and Enterprise
- Sutton High Sports College
- Broadway Community High School
- De la Salle High School
Primary Schools
- St Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Primary School
- Willow Tree Church of England Primary School
- Sutton Primary School
- Sutton Manor Primary School
- Blackbrook St. Mary's RC Primary School
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
- St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School
- Alexandra Park Infant And Junior School
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
Further Education Colleges
State Schools
Secondary Schools
- Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby, Wirral (boys' grammar school)
- Hilbre High School, West Kirby (secondary school)
- West Kirby Grammar School, West Kirby, Wirral (girls' grammar school)
Primary Schools
Special Schools
Independent Schools
- Birkenhead School (independent boys' school)
Further Education Colleges
See also
- List of schools in the East of England
- List of schools in the East Midlands
- List of schools in Greater London
- List of schools in the North East of England
- List of schools in the South East of England
- List of schools in the South West of England
- List of schools in the West Midlands
- List of schools in Yorkshire and the Humber
- List of schools in Northern Ireland
- List of schools in Scotland
- List of schools in Wales
- Middle Schools in England
- Education in the United Kingdom
- Education in England
- List of UK Independent Schools
- Office for Standards in Education
External links
- The website Friends Reunited has a large index of schools but it is not possible to readily distinguish as to which schools are currently operating or closed.
- The website UK Schools & Colleges Database lists currently operating state (and some independent) schools by Local Education Authority and also links to websites of individual schools where available.