Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Sefton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry413 applications · 168 places offered · 185 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2025 2.6; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2024 2.3; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2023 2.5; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2022 2.8; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2021 2.7; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2020 2.7; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2019 2.9; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2018 2.9; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2017 2.6; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2016 2.9; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2015 2.7; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2014 2.6; Sefton median median 2.1
- This school
- Sefton median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 168 | 413 | 2.5 | 185 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 163 | 417 | 2.6 | 200 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 171 | 390 | 2.3 | 185 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2023 | 169 | 415 | 2.5 | 206 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2022 | 159 | 445 | 2.8 | 225 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2021 | 160 | 438 | 2.7 | 211 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2020 | 184 | 505 | 2.7 | 251 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2019 | 186 | 531 | 2.9 | 254 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2018 | 186 | 534 | 2.9 | 251 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2017 | 186 | 489 | 2.6 | 218 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 165 | 478 | 2.9 | 243 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2015 | 160 | 432 | 2.7 | 196 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2014 | 161 | 419 | 2.6 | 161 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 172 | 51.5 | 54% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 187 | 54.3 | 66% | 79% | – |
| 2023/24 | 192 | 54.4 | 59% | 76% | +0.43 |
| 2022/23 | 179 | 51.9 | 49% | 74% | +0.02 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Formby High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.5applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Sefton20262.4applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · Sefton20261.7applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · SeftonSpecial measures Inadequate20241.7applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · SeftonGood20221.7applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · SeftonStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · SeftonGood20232.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · SeftonRemains Good20232.3applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 8.8 km · SeftonGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137436 · 343/4101
- Trust
- Formby High School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 989 pupils · 1,157 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Formby High School (URN 104949)
- Address
- Freshfield Road, Formby, Liverpool, L37 3HW
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources