Which school had the best GCSE results in Merseyside in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, The Blue Coat School topped the table in Merseyside with 80.1, against an England average of 45.9. 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.

Where are the latest Merseyside GCSE results?

This page is the 2024 archive (the 2023/24 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Merseyside are on the main Merseyside GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Merseyside show no 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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.

Merseyside GCSE results 2024: secondary school league table

74 state secondary schools in Merseyside ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 8 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 5 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2024 archive of the table. See the latest Merseyside GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 82 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Merseyside ranked on Attainment 8

74 of 82 schools have published 2024 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in Merseyside ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1	The Blue Coat School Liverpool · Academy converter	80.1	+0.77 (0.55 to 0.98)	99%	99%	7.86	179
2 , up 1 place since 2023	West Kirby Grammar School Wirral · Academy converter	68.3	+0.42 (0.20 to 0.64)	94%	100%	6.39	184
3 , up 1 place since 2023	Upton Hall School FCJ Wirral · Academy converter	68.2	+0.91 (0.69 to 1.13)	90%	98%	6.58	159
4 , down 2 places since 2023	Wirral Grammar School for Girls Wirral · Academy converter	67.3	+0.38 (0.17 to 0.59)	89%	97%	6.22	180
5 , up 1 place since 2023	Wirral Grammar School for Boys Wirral · Academy converter	65.7	+0.36 (0.13 to 0.59)	94%	99%	6.20	157
6 , down 1 place since 2023	Calday Grange Grammar School Wirral · Academy converter	64.7	+0.31 (0.12 to 0.50)	91%	95%	6.17	221
7 , up 2 places since 2023	The Belvedere Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	57.1	+0.17 (-0.05 to 0.40)	63%	80%	5.01	153
8 , down 1 place since 2023	St Anselm's College Prenton · Academy converter	55.6	+0.03 (-0.20 to 0.26)	72%	91%	5.02	162
9 , down 1 place since 2023	Liverpool College Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	55.0	+0.29 (0.05 to 0.52)	66%	80%	5.21	147
10 , up 2 places since 2023	Formby High School Liverpool · Academy converter	54.4	+0.43 (0.23 to 0.63)	59%	76%	4.60	192
11 , up 5 places since 2023	Birkdale High School Southport · Academy converter	50.7	+0.22 (0.02 to 0.43)	54%	72%	4.64	179
12 , up 1 place since 2023	St Margaret's Church of England Academy Liverpool · Academy converter	50.2	-0.10 (-0.30 to 0.11)	60%	76%	4.06	184
13 , down 3 places since 2023	Greenbank High School Southport · Academy converter	50.0	+0.04 (-0.15 to 0.23)	52%	76%	4.69	214
14= , up 3 places since 2023	St Edward's College Liverpool · Academy converter	49.4	-0.20 (-0.41 to 0.01)	54%	76%	4.47	180
14= , down 3 places since 2023	St Hilda's Church of England High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	49.4	-0.30 (-0.50 to -0.09)	54%	75%	4.17	181
16 , down 1 place since 2023	Rainford High School St Helens · Academy converter	47.8	+0.03 (-0.14 to 0.19)	48%	72%	4.17	289
17 , down 3 places since 2023	Birkenhead High School Academy Prenton · Academy sponsor led	47.7	+0.43 (0.19 to 0.68)	38%	72%	4.18	129
18 , up 4 places since 2023	Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Liverpool · Academy converter	47.4	-0.37 (-0.60 to -0.13)	51%	74%	4.02	150
19	Rainhill High School Prescot · Academy converter	47.3	-0.12 (-0.28 to 0.04)	45%	68%	4.14	303
20 , up 1 place since 2023	Chesterfield High School Liverpool · Academy converter	47.0	+0.01 (-0.18 to 0.20)	47%	71%	4.17	227
21 , down 3 places since 2023	Range High School Liverpool · Academy converter	46.3	-0.15 (-0.35 to 0.05)	49%	64%	3.98	198
22 , up 4 places since 2023	Deyes High School Liverpool · Academy converter	45.7	-0.63 (-0.82 to -0.45)	45%	68%	4.03	224
23 , up 34 places since 2023	St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy St Helens · Academy sponsor led	45.0	-0.05 (-0.34 to 0.23)	32%	59%	3.65	103
24 , down 1 place since 2023	Holly Lodge Girls' College Liverpool · Community school	44.4	-0.04 (-0.26 to 0.18)	45%	67%	4.00	179
25 , up 19 places since 2023	North Liverpool Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	44.1	-0.02 (-0.22 to 0.18)	39%	55%	3.54	218
26 , down 7 places since 2023	Holy Family Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	44.0	-0.21 (-0.44 to 0.01)	38%	66%	3.75	159
27 , down 2 places since 2023	Pensby High School Wirral · Foundation school	43.7	+0.28 (0.06 to 0.50)	38%	68%	3.72	163
28 , up 10 places since 2023	Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	43.6	-0.41 (-0.60 to -0.23)	43%	62%	3.57	239
29 , down 6 places since 2023	Calderstones School Liverpool · Community school	43.5	-0.20 (-0.37 to -0.02)	36%	59%	4.07	254
30 , up 1 place since 2023	The Sutton Academy St Helens · Academy sponsor led	43.1	-0.06 (-0.24 to 0.11)	40%	56%	3.74	263
31= , up 16 places since 2023	All Saints Catholic High School Knowsley · Voluntary aided school	42.7	-0.36 (-0.55 to -0.16)	32%	57%	3.38	205
31= , up 12 places since 2023	Hope Academy Newton-le-Willows · Academy sponsor led	42.7	-0.23 (-0.40 to -0.06)	36%	57%	3.68	284
33 , up 11 places since 2023	Maricourt Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	42.1	-0.58 (-0.77 to -0.39)	40%	60%	3.33	209
34 , up 15 places since 2023	Cowley International College St Helens · Community school	41.7	-0.69 (-0.87 to -0.51)	29%	54%	3.64	244
35 , down 3 places since 2023	Weatherhead High School Wallasey · Academy converter	41.6	-0.27 (-0.46 to -0.09)	27%	52%	3.68	236
36= , up 10 places since 2023	Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Southport · Voluntary aided school	41.5	-0.62 (-0.89 to -0.35)	37%	54%	3.50	115
36= , down 9 places since 2023	St Julie's Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	41.5	-0.47 (-0.68 to -0.26)	38%	60%	3.21	175
38 , up 2 places since 2023	Broughton Hall Catholic High School Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	41.4	-0.58 (-0.77 to -0.38)	33%	50%	3.56	209
39 , down 5 places since 2023	Liverpool Life Sciences UTC Liverpool · University technical college	41.3	-0.34 (-0.59 to -0.09)	34%	54%	3.45	151
40= , down 10 places since 2023	Outwood Academy Haydock St Helens · Academy sponsor led	41.2	-0.28 (-0.50 to -0.06)	32%	55%	3.59	170
40= , down 5 places since 2023	Prenton High School for Girls Birkenhead · Academy converter	41.2	+0.02 (-0.20 to 0.25)	34%	59%	3.50	154
42	Meols Cop High School Southport · Academy converter	41.1	-0.17 (-0.39 to 0.04)	35%	51%	3.44	170
43 , down 10 places since 2023	St John Bosco Arts College Croxteth · Voluntary aided school	39.7	-0.47 (-0.69 to -0.25)	29%	46%	3.57	169
44 , down 7 places since 2023	Stanley High School Southport · Academy sponsor led	39.1	-0.71 (-0.95 to -0.47)	26%	45%	3.55	141
45 , down 18 places since 2023	Archbishop Beck Catholic College Liverpool · Voluntary aided school	39.0	-0.83 (-1.03 to -0.62)	40%	55%	3.48	187
46 , up 7 places since 2023	Halewood Academy Knowsley · Academy converter	38.9	-0.47 (-0.66 to -0.28)	24%	43%	3.31	211
47= , up 12 places since 2023	Lord Derby Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	38.7	-0.59 (-0.78 to -0.40)	26%	48%	3.58	213
47= , up 4 places since 2023	St John Plessington Catholic College Wirral · Academy converter	38.7	-0.35 (-0.53 to -0.18)	27%	48%	3.37	269
49 , up 3 places since 2023	Woodchurch High School Wirral · Academy converter	38.6	-0.09 (-0.26 to 0.08)	26%	53%	3.22	280
50 , down 8 places since 2023	Maghull High School Liverpool · Academy converter	38.5	-0.87 (-1.06 to -0.67)	33%	52%	3.26	203
51 , down 15 places since 2023	Sacred Heart Catholic Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	38.4	-0.75 (-0.96 to -0.53)	32%	58%	3.26	177
52 , down 13 places since 2023	West Derby School Liverpool · Academy converter	37.9	-0.66 (-0.87 to -0.44)	25%	55%	3.35	174
53 , down 24 places since 2023	The Studio School Liverpool Liverpool · Studio schools	36.7	-0.82 (-1.13 to -0.52)	26%	48%	2.89	90
54 , down 14 places since 2023	Litherland High School Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	36.6	-0.68 (-0.92 to -0.44)	15%	47%	2.89	137
55 , down 1 place since 2023	Ridgeway High School Prenton · Foundation school	36.5	-0.16 (-0.37 to 0.06)	22%	47%	2.96	171
56= , down 1 place since 2023	Co-op Academy Bebington Wirral · Academy sponsor led	35.7	-0.34 (-0.54 to -0.13)	22%	39%	2.93	191
56= , up 2 places since 2023	Dixons Broadgreen Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	35.7	-0.57 (-0.80 to -0.34)	28%	42%	3.33	180
58 , down 8 places since 2023	Hilbre High School Wirral · Academy converter	35.4	-0.43 (-0.63 to -0.23)	24%	45%	2.82	197
59 , down 11 places since 2023	Hillside High School Bootle · Academy sponsor led	35.1	-0.47 (-0.74 to -0.20)	26%	45%	3.15	121
60 , up 8 places since 2023	King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	35.0	-0.54 (-0.82 to -0.25)	27%	46%	3.08	131
61 , up 3 places since 2023	Birkenhead Park School Birkenhead · Academy sponsor led	33.8	-0.55 (-0.82 to -0.28)	16%	35%	2.83	122
62 , up 8 places since 2023	Dixons Fazakerley Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	33.7	-1.08 (-1.31 to -0.86)	17%	40%	3.03	170
63 , down 2 places since 2023	The Mosslands School Wallasey · Community school	33.5	-0.83 (-1.04 to -0.63)	15%	44%	2.78	188
64= , down 8 places since 2023	Childwall Sports & Science Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	33.4	-0.92 (-1.15 to -0.69)	23%	41%	2.74	177
64= , up 3 places since 2023	King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes Bootle · Free schools	33.4	-0.57 (-0.87 to -0.28)	21%	40%	3.14	104
66	The Academy of St Francis of Assisi Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	33.0	-0.76 (-1.00 to -0.53)	19%	37%	2.81	178
67 , down 5 places since 2023	The Prescot School Liverpool · Academy converter	32.7	-1.08 (-1.29 to -0.86)	21%	37%	2.76	173
68 , down 8 places since 2023	Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy Prescot · Academy sponsor led	31.5	-1.01 (-1.27 to -0.75)	17%	34%	2.64	118
69	The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco Bootle · Academy sponsor led	31.1	-1.00 (-1.31 to -0.69)	10%	26%	2.34	89
70 , down 7 places since 2023	St Mary's Catholic College Wallasey · Academy sponsor led	29.3	-0.99 (-1.21 to -0.76)	11%	31%	2.37	153
71 , down 6 places since 2023	Kirkby High School Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	29.2	-1.63 (-1.84 to -1.43)	23%	33%	2.47	197
72= , down 1 place since 2023	Co-op Academy Oldershaw Wallasey · Academy converter	27.9	-1.24 (-1.46 to -1.02)	13%	31%	2.31	164
72=	Dixons Croxteth Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	27.9	-0.94 (-1.30 to -0.58)	15%	31%	2.35	74
74 , down 6 places since 2023	The Academy of St Nicholas Liverpool · Academy sponsor led	27.8	-1.27 (-1.54 to -1.00)	17%	29%	2.40	114
–	Archbishop Blanch CofE High School Liverpool · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	De La Salle School St Helens · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Gateacre School Liverpool · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	LIPA School Liverpool · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Notre Dame Catholic Academy Liverpool · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	South Wirral High School Wirral · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy St Helens · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy Liverpool · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2023 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2023 result.

Independent schools in Merseyside with published 2024 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	28.7	14%	14
Birkenhead School Prenton · Other independent school	49.5	0%	89
Christian Fellowship School Liverpool · Other independent school	69.6	89%	9
Merchant Taylors' Schools Liverpool · Other independent school	44.4	0%	66
Tower College Prescot · Other independent school	60.6	79%	29

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 2024 was 45.9.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Merseyside GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Merseyside on our composite score

Merseyside GCSE results 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Merseyside ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Merseyside with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in Merseyside

Merseyside GCSE results: common questions