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The Blue Coat School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,232Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137916URN

Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
close to Liverpool median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Liverpool

398 applications for 178 places · 17th of 30 in Liverpool
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
78.6of 90
1st of 31 in Liverpool
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
close to Liverpool median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

398 applications · 178 places offered · 197 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.2; Liverpool median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.8; Liverpool median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
  6. 2021 3.1; Liverpool median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.9; Liverpool median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.0; Liverpool median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.7; Liverpool median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.5; Liverpool median median 2.4
  11. 2016 2.3; Liverpool median median 2.2
  12. 2015 2.0; Liverpool median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.3; Liverpool median median 2.1
  • This school
  • Liverpool median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

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 20261783982.21971.11
Sep 20251784922.82321.30
Sep 20241814662.62341.29
Sep 20231774652.62281.29
Sep 20221794692.62371.32
Sep 20211805553.12861.59
Sep 20201845362.92551.39
Sep 20191795363.02591.45
Sep 20181794892.72621.46
Sep 20171784532.52251.26
Sep 20161473312.31991.35
Sep 20151472982.01871.27
Sep 20141192702.31611.35

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

178 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)78.61st of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 5 or above in English and maths98%1st of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Liverpool median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.77
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17878.698%100%–
2024/2517679.598%99%–
2023/2417980.199%99%+0.77
2022/2318279.399%100%+0.97

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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  • Urgent improvement
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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
137916 · 341/5404
Trust
The Liverpool Blue Coat School
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,300 pupils · 1,232 on roll
Free school meals
13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2012
Replaced
The Blue Coat School (URN 104704)
Address
Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EE
Local authority
Liverpool

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