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Best secondary schools in Sefton

17 of 18 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Sefton 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 Formby High School Liverpool 0.43 Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Birkdale High School Southport hidden gem 0.22 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Greenbank High School Southport 0.04 Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Chesterfield High School Liverpool 0.01 Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Range High School Liverpool hidden gem -0.15 Good declining about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Meols Cop High School Southport -0.17 Good oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Holy Family Catholic High School Liverpool -0.21 Good oversubscribed 1.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Hillside High School Bootle -0.47 Good improving oversubscribed 1.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes Bootle hidden gem -0.57 Good improving undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Maricourt Catholic High School Liverpool hidden gem -0.58 Good undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Southport hidden gem -0.62 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Deyes High School Liverpool -0.63 Not judged undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Litherland High School Liverpool hidden gem -0.68 Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Stanley High School Southport -0.71 Not judged about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Sacred Heart Catholic Academy Liverpool -0.75 Not judged undersubscribed 0.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Maghull High School Liverpool -0.87 Good improving about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco Bootle -1.0 Inadequate undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Sefton

1 further secondary school 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 Sefton, not a fairer one.

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