North West
Secondary schools in Sefton
111 schools, 41,261 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 36.9.
Ofsted across Sefton
Good69
Outstanding5
Requires improvement2
Inadequate1
No overall grade34
77 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 34 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Sefton
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formby High SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 54.3 |
| Birkdale High SchoolAcademy converter | Southport | No grade | 51.9 |
| Greenbank High SchoolAcademy converter | Southport | Good 2022 | 50.6 |
| Chesterfield High SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2023 | 48.4 |
| Holy Family Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | No grade | 44.8 |
| Meols Cop High SchoolAcademy converter | Southport | Good 2023 | 44.7 |
| Maricourt Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 44.5 |
| Range High SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 44.2 |
| Deyes High SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | No grade | 42.8 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Liverpool | No grade | 42.4 |
| Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreVoluntary aided school | Southport | Good 2023 | 41.8 |
| Litherland High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Liverpool | Good 2024 | 41.7 |
| Stanley High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southport | No grade | 40.6 |
| Hillside High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Bootle | Good 2023 | 39.8 |
| Maghull High SchoolAcademy converter | Liverpool | Good 2022 | 39.6 |
| King's Leadership Academy HawthornesFree schools | Bootle | Good 2023 | 32.2 |
| The Salesian Academy of St John BoscoAcademy sponsor led | Bootle | No grade | 32.2 |
| St Michaels Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Crosby | Inadequate 2024 | — |