Which school has the best GCSE results in Liverpool?

On 2025 Attainment 8, The Blue Coat School tops the table in Liverpool with 79.5, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Liverpool schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Liverpool show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Liverpool GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

40 state secondary schools in Liverpool ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 5 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 6 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 45 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Liverpool ranked on Attainment 8

40 of 45 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Liverpool ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	The Blue Coat School Liverpool · Academy converter	79.5	98%	99%	7.80	176
2	Liverpool College Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	55.1	66%	81%	5.12	148
3=	Formby High School Liverpool · Academy converter	54.3	66%	79%	4.53	187
3=	King David High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	54.3	68%	79%	4.67	114
5	The Belvedere Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	53.8	60%	79%	4.78	156
6	St Hilda's Church of England High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	51.8	65%	78%	4.49	171
7	St Edward's College Liverpool · Academy converter	51.6	62%	82%	4.65	175
8	St Margaret's Church of England Academy Liverpool · Academy converter	49.6	54%	74%	4.02	171
9	Chesterfield High School Liverpool · Academy converter	48.4	53%	75%	4.27	257
10	Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Liverpool · Academy converter	47.3	42%	69%	3.97	142
11	Holly Lodge Girls' College Liverpool · Community school	47.2	45%	68%	4.32	152
12	St Julie's Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	46.9	42%	67%	3.75	169
13	Liverpool Life Sciences UTC Liverpool · University technical college	46.3	46%	63%	3.88	136
14	Calderstones School Liverpool · Community school	46.1	43%	65%	4.25	263
15	North Liverpool Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	45.6	38%	56%	3.62	221
16	Holy Family Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	44.8	44%	63%	3.70	172
17	Maricourt Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	44.5	44%	65%	3.57	199
18	Range High School Liverpool · Academy converter	44.2	39%	64%	3.84	174
19	Deyes High School Liverpool · Academy converter	42.8	36%	60%	3.66	217
20	Sacred Heart Catholic Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	42.4	38%	58%	3.53	170
21	West Derby School Liverpool · Academy converter	42.0	42%	65%	3.75	171
22	Litherland High School Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	41.7	37%	60%	3.34	134
23	Archbishop Beck Catholic College Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	41.5	35%	64%	3.60	177
24	Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	40.9	29%	55%	3.18	240
25	Lord Derby Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	39.9	28%	53%	3.68	204
26	Maghull High School Liverpool · Academy converter	39.6	30%	57%	3.39	203
27	The Studio School Liverpool Liverpool · Studio schools	39.4	38%	60%	3.04	60
28	Broughton Hall Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	39.2	24%	51%	3.27	198
29	St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy Liverpool · Academy converter	36.7	32%	55%	3.37	177
30	Childwall Sports & Science Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	36.2	27%	48%	2.97	179
31	The Academy of St Francis of Assisi Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	35.8	23%	45%	3.09	164
32	The Prescot School Liverpool · Academy converter	35.5	23%	44%	2.90	146
33	King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	34.5	22%	41%	3.05	125
34	Dixons Broadgreen Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	34.4	21%	43%	3.25	167
35	Dixons Fazakerley Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	33.4	20%	45%	2.92	145
36	Dixons Croxteth Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	31.6	16%	31%	2.97	51
37	Kirkby High School Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	31.4	20%	37%	2.55	185
38	Notre Dame Catholic Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	31.0	22%	36%	2.32	177
39	The Academy of St Nicholas Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	29.4	20%	39%	2.37	129
40	Alsop High School Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	28.2	12%	27%	2.40	252
–	Archbishop Blanch CofE High School Liverpool · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Gateacre School Liverpool · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	King's Leadership Academy Wavertree Liverpool · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	LIPA School Liverpool · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Purple Ruler Liverpool · Online provider · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Liverpool with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Auckland College Liverpool · Other independent school	37.8	17%	18
Christian Fellowship School Liverpool · Other independent school	60.7	74%	19
Merchant Taylors' Schools Liverpool · Other independent school	21.4	0%	125
NexGen Academy Liverpool · Other independent school	8.2	14%	7
Progress Schools - Liverpool Liverpool · Other independent school · 2023 results	0.0	0%	33
St. Mary's College Liverpool · Other independent school	63.3	77%	86

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Liverpool on our composite score

Liverpool GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Liverpool ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Liverpool with published GCSE results

More about schools in Liverpool

Liverpool GCSE results: common questions