The top high schools in every borough of Merseyside

Liam Thorp

8 June 2024 at 5:06 pm·5-min read

The top high schools in every borough of Merseyside have been revealed.

Working with our colleagues at the Reach Data Unit, we have crunched the numbers to produce a list of the top performing schools in each of the five boroughs of this region.

To produce these lists, we have looked at the average exam results recorded at schools across the region, as well as the school's attainment 8 score.

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Attainment 8 is a way of measuring how well pupils do in key stage 4, which they usually finish when they are 16 years old. Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest).

Using this data, we have compiled lists of the top 10 high schools for Liverpool, Wirral, Knowsley, St Helens and Sefton.

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1. The Blue Coat School (Attainment 8 score - 79.3. Average exam result A/A*)

2. Christian Fellowship School (Attainment 8 score - 62.9. Average exam result B/C)

3. Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (Attainment 8 score - 57.9. Average exam result B/C)

4. Liverpool College (Attainment 8 score - 57.2. Average exam result B/C)

5. The Belvedere Academy (Attainment 8 score - 54.7. Average exam result B/C)

6. St Hilda's Church of England High School (Attainment 8 score - 53.6. Average exam result B/C)

7. King David High School (Attainment 8 score - 52.5. Average exam result B/C)

8. St Margaret's Church of England Academy (Attainment 8 score - 51.6. Average exam result B/C)

9. St Edward's College (Attainment 8 score - 49.7. Average exam result D-G)

10. Bellerive FCJ Catholic College (Attainment 8 score - 45.8. Average exam result D-G)

Top ten Sefton schools

1. St Mary's College (Attainment 8 score - 60.3. Average exam result B/C)

2. Greenbank High School (Attainment 8 score - 53.9. Average exam result B/C)

3. Formby High School (Attainment 8 score - 51.9. Average exam result B/C)

4. Merchant Taylors' Girls' School (Attainment 8 score - 51.9 Average exam result B/C)

5. Birkdale High School (Attainment 8 score - 48.3. Average exam result D-G)

6. Range High School (Attainment 8 score - 53.6. Average exam result B/C)

7. Holy Family Catholic School (Attainment 8 score - 48. Average exam result D-G)

8. Chesterfield High School (Attainment 8 score - 46.5. Average exam result D-G)

9. Deyes High School (Attainment 8 score - 44.5. Average exam result D-G)

10. Meols Cop High School (Attainment 8 score - 44.2. Average exam result D-G)

Top ten Wirral schools

1. Wirral Grammar School for Girls (Attainment 8 score - 70.1. Average exam result A/A*)

2. West Kirby Grammar School (Attainment 8 score - 67.9. Average exam result B/C)

3. Upton Hall School (Attainment 8 score - 66.5. Average exam result B/C)

4. Calday Grange Grammar School (Attainment 8 score - 66.1. Average exam result B/C)

5. Wirral Grammar School for Boys (Attainment 8 score - 65.1. Average exam result B/C)

6. St Anselm's College (Attainment 8 score - 58.2. Average exam result B/C)

7. Birkenhead High School (Attainment 8 score - 51.3. Average exam result B/C)

8. Birkenhead School (Attainment 8 score - 47.5. Average exam result D-G)

9. Pensby High School (Attainment 8 score - 44.8 Average exam result D-G)

10. Weatherhead High School (Attainment 8 score - 43. Average exam result D-G)

Top ten St Helens Schools

1. Rainford High School (Attainment 8 score - 50.4. Average exam result B/C)

2. Tower College (Attainment 8 score - 48.7. Average exam result D-G)

3. Rainhill High School (Attainment 8 score - 48. Average exam result D-G)

4. De La Salle (Attainment 8 score - 44.9. Average exam result D-G)

5. Outwood Academy Haydock (Attainment 8 score - 43.9. Average exam result D-G)

6. The Sutton Academy (Attainment 8 score - 43.1. Average exam result D-G)

7. Hope Academy (Attainment 8 score - 41. Average exam result D-G)

8. Cowley International College (Attainment 8 score - 39.9. Average exam result D-G)

9. St Augustine of Cantebury Catholic Academy (Attainment 8 score - 35.7 Average exam result D-G)

10. St Cuthbert's Catholic High School (Attainment 8 score - 34.3. Average exam result D-G)

Top ten Knowsley Schools

1. All Saints Catholic High School (Attainment 8 score - 40.3. Average exam result D-G)

2. Halewood Academy (Attainment 8 score - 38.5 Average exam result D-G)

3. Lord Derby Academy (Attainment 8 score - 34.7. Average exam result D-G)

4. St Edmund Arrowsmith (Attainment 8 score - 33.9. Average exam result D-G)

5. The Prescot School (Attainment 8 score - 32.9. Average exam result D-G)

6. Kirkby High School (Attainment 8 score - 32.9. Average exam result D-G)

7. Alt Bridge School (Attainment 8 score - 32. Average exam result D-G)

8. Finch Woods (Attainment 8 score - 39.9. Average exam result D-G)

9. A.R.T.S Education (No Attainment 8 score)

10. Bluebell Park School (No Attainment 8 score)

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