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Best secondary schools in Liverpool

26 of 35 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Liverpool schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 The Blue Coat School Liverpool grammar 0.77 Good declining about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 King David High School Liverpool 0.5 Good about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 The Belvedere Academy Liverpool 0.17 Not judged oversubscribed 1.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 North Liverpool Academy Liverpool -0.02 Good oversubscribed 1.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Holly Lodge Girls' College Liverpool -0.04 Not judged undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 St Margaret's Church of England Academy Liverpool hidden gem -0.1 Good undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Calderstones School Liverpool -0.2 Good oversubscribed 1.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 St Edward's College Liverpool -0.2 Not judged oversubscribed 2.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 St Hilda's Church of England High School Liverpool -0.3 Good oversubscribed 1.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Liverpool Life Sciences UTC Liverpool -0.34 Good — approximate
11 Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Liverpool hidden gem -0.37 Good undersubscribed 0.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Liverpool -0.41 Good oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 St John Bosco Arts College Croxteth -0.47 Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 St Julie's Catholic High School Liverpool -0.47 Good oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool Liverpool hidden gem -0.54 Good improving undersubscribed 0.44 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Dixons Broadgreen Academy Liverpool -0.57 Not judged undersubscribed 0.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Broughton Hall Catholic High School Liverpool hidden gem -0.58 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 West Derby School Liverpool -0.66 Good improving about even 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 The Academy of St Francis of Assisi Liverpool -0.76 Requires improvement declining undersubscribed 0.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 The Studio School Liverpool Liverpool -0.82 Good — approximate
21 Archbishop Beck Catholic College Liverpool -0.83 Good oversubscribed 1.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Childwall Sports & Science Academy Liverpool hidden gem -0.92 Good improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Dixons Croxteth Academy Liverpool -0.94 Inadequate undersubscribed 0.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Dixons Fazakerley Academy Liverpool -1.08 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.36 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 The Academy of St Nicholas Liverpool hidden gem -1.27 Good improving undersubscribed 0.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Alsop High School Liverpool -1.72 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.43 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Liverpool

9 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Liverpool, not a fairer one.

Applying in Liverpool

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