Graded inspection · Sep 2023 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 |
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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 entry493 applications · 162 places offered · 242 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2025 2.6; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2024 2.0; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2023 1.9; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2022 1.2; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2021 1.6; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2020 1.8; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2019 1.8; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2018 1.7; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2017 1.7; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2016 1.7; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2015 1.9; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Sefton median
Dashed bars: as Hillside High School (URN 104946), the previous school.
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 | 162 | 493 | 3.0 | 242 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2025 | 169 | 434 | 2.6 | 200 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 170 | 338 | 2.0 | 144 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2023 | 141 | 269 | 1.9 | 138 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 150 | 175 | 1.2 | 79 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2021 | 115 | 189 | 1.6 | 69 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2020 | 117 | 212 | 1.8 | 102 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 121 | 223 | 1.8 | 86 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2018 | 141 | 246 | 1.7 | 110 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2017 | 149 | 252 | 1.7 | 110 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 | 128 | 211 | 1.7 | 112 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 110 | 207 | 1.9 | 105 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 * | 154 | 289 | 1.9 | 140 | 0.91 |
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.) | 119 | 39.1 | 40% | 59% | – |
| 2024/25 | 130 | 39.8 | 35% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 121 | 35.1 | 26% | 45% | −0.47 |
| 2022/23 | 128 | 40.2 | 28% | 55% | −0.48 |
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
- Hillside High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.0applications per place 39.1Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · LiverpoolRequires significant improvement 20261.2applications per place 33.1Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · SeftonGood20231.4applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Liverpool20263.9applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20222.2applications per place 30.0Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Liverpool20263.6applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · SeftonSpecial measures 20261.9applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · SeftonGood20241.9applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 32.8Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141693 · 343/4002
- Trust
- Wade Deacon Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 921 pupils · 785 on roll
- Free school meals
- 56.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2015
- Replaced
- Hillside High School (URN 104946)
- Address
- Breeze Hill, Bootle, L20 9NU
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources