Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Southport, PR8 4EX
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Meols Cop High School
Meols Cop Road, Southport, PR8 6JS
Local ranking6th of 18 secondary schools in Sefton
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
925
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 30 June 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Meols Cop High School (URN 104956) since 1 April 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 177
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 906
- Boys
- 490 (53%)
- Girls
- 426 (47%)
- Capacity
- 925 (99% full)
- SEND
- 16.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.2%
- EAL
- 11.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.5%
- SEN Support
- 11.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,667/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
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 82.1%
- White Other: 8.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Other: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
82.1%
White British
8.9%
White Other
2.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Meols Cop Road
Southport, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 149828
- UKPRN
- 10092361
- Establishment No.
- 4110
- Trust
- SOUTHPORT LEARNING TRUST
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