Graded inspection · Feb 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 | 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 entry319 applications · 171 places offered · 167 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2025 2.3; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2024 2.5; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2023 2.3; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2022 2.5; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2021 2.2; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2020 1.8; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2019 1.7; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2018 1.4; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2017 1.5; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2016 1.5; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2015 1.8; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Sefton median
Dashed bars: as Litherland High School (URN 104951), Bootle High School (URN 104957), 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 | 171 | 319 | 1.9 | 167 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 172 | 400 | 2.3 | 197 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 143 | 361 | 2.5 | 207 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2023 | 144 | 333 | 2.3 | 185 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2022 | 159 | 403 | 2.5 | 236 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2021 | 149 | 331 | 2.2 | 181 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2020 | 128 | 233 | 1.8 | 117 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 130 | 222 | 1.7 | 109 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2018 | 123 | 173 | 1.4 | 70 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2017 | 124 | 191 | 1.5 | 90 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 141 | 211 | 1.5 | 127 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 112 | 202 | 1.8 | 91 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 * | 144 | 264 | 1.8 | 130 | 0.90 |
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.) | 137 | 37.2 | 33% | 54% | – |
| 2024/25 | 134 | 41.7 | 37% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 137 | 36.6 | 15% | 47% | −0.68 |
| 2022/23 | 103 | 41.2 | 32% | 52% | −0.33 |
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
- Litherland High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.9applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · SeftonSpecial measures 20261.9applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · SeftonRemains Good20232.3applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · SeftonGood20231.4applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · SeftonGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SeftonStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Liverpool20263.9applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · SeftonGood20233.0applications per place 39.1Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Sefton20263.1applications per place 38.4Attainment 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
- 141694 · 343/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 761 on roll
- Free school meals
- 51.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2015
- Replaced
- Litherland High School (URN 104951); Bootle High School (URN 104957)
- Address
- Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, L21 0DB
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources