Parents will find out next month if their children will receive a place at their first-choice primary school in the school year starting in September 2023.
Figures from Ofsted show there are 2,415 state-funded primary schools - or 15% - currently holding the highest possible rating following their last inspection, including 62 in Merseyside (8%).
But it has been several years since many of the schools were graded - in some cases up to 17 years ago - mainly because outstanding primary and secondary schools were exempt from routine inspection between 2012 and 2020.
