Meols Cop High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Southport, PR8 6JS
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Stanley High School
Fleetwood Road, Southport, PR9 9TF
Local ranking15th of 18 secondary schools in Sefton
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 23 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 23 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 173
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 836
- Boys
- 410 (52%)
- Girls
- 373 (48%)
- Capacity
- 750 (104% full)
- SEND
- 21.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.2%
- EAL
- 7.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,970/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.5%
- White Other: 7.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
85.5%
White British
7.4%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Fleetwood Road
Southport, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 144618
- UKPRN
- 10064776
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- SOUTHPORT LEARNING TRUST
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