Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Sefton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 30 June 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 2 February 2023Graded inspection: Good · as Meols Cop High School, URN 104956
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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 entry490 applications · 175 places offered · 206 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2025 2.9; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2024 3.0; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2023 3.1; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 2.8; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 2.8; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 2.9; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 2.5; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 3.1; Sefton median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.9; Sefton median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.9; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 3.5; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Sefton median
Dashed bars: as Meols Cop High School (URN 104956), 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 | 175 | 490 | 2.8 | 206 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2025 | 176 | 512 | 2.9 | 230 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 528 | 3.0 | 206 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 * | 176 | 545 | 3.1 | 233 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2022 * | 178 | 496 | 2.8 | 228 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2021 * | 178 | 497 | 2.8 | 243 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2020 * | 177 | 521 | 2.9 | 219 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2019 * | 180 | 446 | 2.5 | 199 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2018 * | 179 | 548 | 3.1 | 251 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2017 * | 177 | 507 | 2.9 | 243 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2016 * | 159 | 460 | 2.9 | 211 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2015 * | 149 | 518 | 3.5 | 205 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2014 * | 150 | 435 | 2.9 | 196 | 1.31 |
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.) | 177 | 42.9 | 40% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 173 | 44.7 | 36% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 170 | 41.1 | 35% | 51% | −0.17 |
| 2022/23 * | 180 | 44.2 | 46% | 62% | −0.01 |
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
- Meols Cop High SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.8applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · SeftonGood20232.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · SeftonGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · SeftonGood20221.7applications per place 49.9Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Sefton20261.7applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · LancashireGood20222.7applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 9.9 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 10.6 km · SeftonGood20222.5applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 42.3Attainment 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
- 149828 · 343/4110
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 925 pupils · 916 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2023
- Replaced
- Meols Cop High School (URN 104956)
- Address
- Meols Cop Road, Southport, PR8 6JS
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources