Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreMeols Cop High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Southport.

Summary of the comparison

Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre and Meols Cop High School are secondary schools in Southport.

  • Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Meols Cop High School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). Meols Cop High School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre was judged Good and Meols Cop High School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 41.8 for Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre and 44.7 for Meols Cop High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre (49.1 in 2021-22, 41.8 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre versus Meols Cop High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SouthportChrist The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreSouthportMeols Cop High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD49/100C55/100Stronger figure
Local ranking8th of 18 in Sefton 7th of 18 in Sefton Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll834 906
Capacity1,223 925
LocationSouthport, PR8 4EX Southport, PR8 6JS
GCSE results
Attainment 841.8 44.7 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths37.2% Stronger figure35.8% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths58.4% 60.1% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc14.2% 23.7% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.51 3.82 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort113 173
A-level results
A-level entries44 Not reported
A-level average points24.4 Not reported35.0
A-level average gradeD+ Not reported
Best 3 A-levels points27.7 Not reported35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects5.3% Not reported17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census834 906
Free school meals (ever 6)31.9% 31.2%
English as an additional language24.1% 11.6%
SEN support15.2% 11.9%
SEN with an EHC plan1.9% 4.5%
Attendance
Overall absence9.1% 8.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence26.1% 23.1% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

Meols Cop High School

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