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Greenbank High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,025Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • 137604URN

Hastings Road, Southport, PR8 2LT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.5 below Sefton median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Sefton

354 applications for 204 places · 14th of 18 in Sefton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.9of 90
4th of 18 in Sefton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 11 October 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Sefton median (2.3) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

354 applications · 204 places offered · 210 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Sefton median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.7; Sefton median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.8; Sefton median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.9; Sefton median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.8; Sefton median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.7; Sefton median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.9; Sefton median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.7; Sefton median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.8; Sefton median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.8; Sefton median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.7; Sefton median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.7; Sefton median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.6; Sefton median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Sefton median in 0 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 20262043541.72101.03
Sep 20252063541.72121.03
Sep 20242043711.81980.97
Sep 20232094051.92341.12
Sep 20222053621.82071.01
Sep 20212073541.72020.98
Sep 20202043911.92191.07
Sep 20192093631.72060.99
Sep 20182043721.82181.07
Sep 20172053651.82030.99
Sep 20161873201.71590.85
Sep 20152053451.71840.90
Sep 20141973231.61810.92

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

204 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.94th of 18 in Sefton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%6th of 18 in Sefton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%
  • This school
  • Sefton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.04
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20449.947%73%–
2024/2520850.651%70%–
2023/2421450.052%76%+0.04
2022/2320453.957%78%+0.36

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

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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
137604 · 343/4109
Trust
Southport Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,030 pupils · 1,025 on roll
Free school meals
21.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2011
Replaced
Greenbank High School (URN 104955)
Address
Hastings Road, Southport, PR8 2LT
Local authority
Sefton

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