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Maghull High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,098Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137520URN

Ormonde Drive, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 7AW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.8 above Sefton median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Sefton

668 applications for 219 places · 2nd of 18 in Sefton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.4of 90
15th of 18 in Sefton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 19 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 25 January 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.1applications per place, Year 7
0.8 above Sefton median (2.3) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

668 applications · 219 places offered · 248 named it first

  1. 2026 3.1; Sefton median median 2.3
  2. 2025 3.5; Sefton median median 2.3
  3. 2024 3.4; Sefton median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.4; Sefton median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.9; Sefton median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.5; Sefton median median 2.1
  7. 2020 2.5; Sefton median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.2; Sefton median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.3; Sefton median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.6; Sefton median median 1.9
  11. 2016 3.0; Sefton median median 2.0
  12. 2015 3.0; Sefton median median 2.0
  13. 2014 2.5; Sefton median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Sefton median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262196683.12481.13
Sep 20251996963.52751.38
Sep 20242026793.42721.35
Sep 20232067003.43071.49
Sep 20222055922.92591.26
Sep 20211854702.51550.84
Sep 20202075152.52050.99
Sep 20191854122.21510.82
Sep 20181543522.31210.79
Sep 20171373602.6970.71
Sep 20161233643.0860.70
Sep 20151313973.01100.84
Sep 20141904662.51570.83

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

183 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.415th of 18 in Sefton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths25%16th of 18 in Sefton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%
  • This school
  • Sefton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.87
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18338.425%49%–
2024/2520339.630%57%–
2023/2420338.533%52%−0.87
2022/2315541.130%49%−0.68

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137520 · 343/4113
Trust
Southport Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,349 pupils · 1,098 on roll
Free school meals
21.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2011
Replaced
Maghull High School (URN 104958)
Address
Ormonde Drive, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 7AW
Local authority
Sefton

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources