Graded inspection · Sep 2024 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| 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 entry481 applications · 197 places offered · 158 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2025 2.4; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2024 2.2; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2023 2.1; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2022 2.1; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2021 2.0; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2020 2.0; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2019 2.2; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2018 2.0; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2016 1.9; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2015 1.9; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2014 2.1; 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 | 197 | 481 | 2.4 | 158 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2025 | 225 | 530 | 2.4 | 199 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 214 | 463 | 2.2 | 169 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2023 | 229 | 490 | 2.1 | 186 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2022 | 239 | 508 | 2.1 | 268 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 238 | 479 | 2.0 | 262 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 227 | 445 | 2.0 | 205 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 233 | 505 | 2.2 | 276 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2018 | 228 | 448 | 2.0 | 249 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2017 | 227 | 418 | 1.8 | 270 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2016 | 228 | 434 | 1.9 | 270 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 | 230 | 436 | 1.9 | 258 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2014 | 226 | 477 | 2.1 | 273 | 1.21 |
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.) | 232 | 44.1 | 41% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 217 | 42.8 | 36% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 224 | 45.7 | 45% | 68% | −0.63 |
| 2022/23 | 227 | 44.5 | 37% | 64% | −0.66 |
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
- Deyes High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Sefton20262.3applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Sefton20263.1applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · SeftonStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · SeftonGood20241.9applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20240.8applications per place 35.9Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · SeftonRemains Good20232.3applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · SeftonSpecial measures 20261.9applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Knowsley20262.3applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 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
- 137533 · 343/4100
- Trust
- Lydiate Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,426 pupils · 1,336 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2011
- Replaced
- Deyes High School (URN 104948)
- Address
- Deyes Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 6DE
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources