Liverpool school rankings
Explore GCSE and A-Level results, entries and published grade rates.
GCSE rankings
Latest imported year: 2025/26. Links to all 50 schools with GCSE records in this source area, including unranked and historical records.
Ranked by Grade 7+, then Grade 8+, then Grade 9, highest first. At least 200 known entries, 90% coverage, official Attainment 8 of at least 50 and English & maths 5+ of at least 50%, no unknown entry totals and a calculable rate are required. Policy entry-coverage-ks4-v1. Read the methodology.
Independent schools are shown as Selective here because they set their own admissions criteria; this site convention does not confirm academic entrance tests. School sectors and other admissions labels follow the GIAS register snapshot of 18 October 2026, not necessarily the exam year. Non-Selective refers to the main school intake and does not rule out partial selection or sixth-form entry requirements. Classification sources.
Ranked schools (6)
| Rank | School | Admissions | School sector | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 8+ | Grade 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blue Coat School | Selective | State-funded | 1,955 | 78.9% | 57.1% | 30.0% |
| 2 | Archbishop Blanch CofE High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,365 | 40.2% | 23.2% | 9.6% |
| 3 | King David High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 952 | 30.9% | 19.0% | 8.0% |
| 4 | The Belvedere Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,281 | 29.3% | 15.3% | 5.9% |
| 5 | St Edward's College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,390 | 26.3% | 15.1% | 5.5% |
| 6 | Liverpool College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 1,136 | 25.1% | 13.9% | 4.1% |
Not ranked (44)
| School | Admissions | School sector | Latest held | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbot's Lea School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2024/25 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Alsop High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Archbishop Beck Catholic College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Assess Education | Selective | Independent | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Auckland College | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Bank View High School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Bellerive FCJ Catholic College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Broughton Hall Catholic High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Calderstones School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Childwall Abbey School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Childwall Sports & Science Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Christian Fellowship School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries |
| Clifford Holroyde Sen College | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Dixons Broadgreen Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Dixons Croxteth Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Dixons Fazakerley Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| ES Independent School | Selective | Independent | 2024/25 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Gateacre School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | No results in the latest imported year; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Gateacre School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Holly Lodge Girls' College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Lakeside School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| LIPA School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Liverpool Life Sciences UTC | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Liverpool Progressive School | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| NexGen Academy | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| North Liverpool Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Notre Dame Catholic Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Notre Dame Catholic College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Progress Schools - Liverpool | Selective | Independent | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Sandfield Park School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| St Francis Xavier's College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| St Hilda's Church of England High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| St John Bosco Arts College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| St Julie's Catholic High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| St Margaret's Church of England Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50 |
| St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs | Not applicable | Not recorded | 2024/25 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 200 known entries; Published coverage below 90%; No calculable published rate; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Academy of St Francis of Assisi | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Academy of St Nicholas | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| The Studio School Liverpool | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| West Derby School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2025/26 | Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
| Woolton High School | Not applicable | State-funded | 2025/26 | Fewer than 200 known entries; Official Attainment 8 below 50; Official English & maths 5+ below 50% |
A-Level rankings
Latest imported year: 2024/25. Links to all 33 schools with A-Level records in this source area, including unranked and historical records.
Ranked by A*–B, then A*–A, then A*, highest first. At least 60 known entries, 80% coverage, no unknown entry totals and a calculable rate are required. Policy entry-coverage-ks4-v1. Read the methodology.
Independent schools are shown as Selective here because they set their own admissions criteria; this site convention does not confirm academic entrance tests. School sectors and other admissions labels follow the GIAS register snapshot of 18 October 2026, not necessarily the exam year. Post-16 admissions identifies a standalone post-16 provider; GIAS’s school-level policy cannot establish its entry requirements. Non-Selective refers to the main school intake and does not rule out partial selection or sixth-form entry requirements. Classification sources.
Ranked schools (20)
| Rank | School | Admissions | School sector | Entries | A*–B | A*–A | A* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blue Coat School | Selective | State-funded | 577 | 83.8% | 64.2% | 28.9% |
| 2 | University of Liverpool Mathematics School | Post-16 admissions | State-funded | 152 | 82.8% | 58.9% | 29.8% |
| 3 | The Studio School Liverpool | Non-Selective | State-funded | 84 | 64.4% | 32.9% | 12.3% |
| 4 | The Belvedere Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 316 | 62.0% | 28.5% | 8.5% |
| 5 | Archbishop Blanch CofE High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 167 | 61.2% | 29.1% | 3.7% |
| 6 | Liverpool College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 334 | 60.4% | 31.1% | 11.0% |
| 7 | King David High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 223 | 58.3% | 31.4% | 9.3% |
| 8 | St Edward's College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 314 | 47.7% | 20.1% | 4.9% |
| 9 | Archbishop Beck Catholic College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 127 | 47.4% | 21.6% | 6.0% |
| 10 | St Hilda's Church of England High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 286 | 46.0% | 12.1% | 3.3% |
| 11 | St Margaret's Church of England Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 149 | 44.0% | 19.4% | 1.5% |
| 12 | Calderstones School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 348 | 43.3% | 18.6% | 5.5% |
| 13 | West Derby School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 101 | 43.2% | 26.1% | 3.4% |
| 14 | Broughton Hall Catholic High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 178 | 41.3% | 12.0% | 1.8% |
| 15 | Liverpool Life Sciences UTC | Non-Selective | State-funded | 134 | 33.3% | 9.6% | 2.6% |
| 16 | St Julie's Catholic High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 143 | 31.3% | 7.0% | 0.9% |
| 17 | Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 166 | 29.0% | 12.3% | 2.6% |
| 18 | The City of Liverpool College | Post-16 admissions | Not recorded | 324 | 22.2% | 4.8% | 1.6% |
| 19 | The Academy of St Nicholas | Non-Selective | State-funded | 109 | 18.4% | 6.1% | 0.0% |
| 20 | Alsop High School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 84 | 16.9% | 1.4% | 0.0% |
Not ranked (13)
| School | Admissions | School sector | Latest held | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assess Education | Selective | Independent | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year; Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80%; No calculable published rate |
| Bellerive FCJ Catholic College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Childwall Sports & Science Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80% |
| Dixons Broadgreen Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries |
| Gateacre School | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80% |
| Holly Lodge Girls' College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries |
| LIPA Sixth Form College | Post-16 admissions | State-funded | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80%; No calculable published rate |
| North Liverpool Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| Notre Dame Catholic Academy | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries |
| Notre Dame Catholic College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year |
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy | Not recorded | State-funded | 2024/25 | Published coverage below 80% |
| St Francis Xavier's College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2023/24 | No results in the latest imported year |
| St John Bosco Arts College | Non-Selective | State-funded | 2024/25 | Fewer than 60 known entries; Published coverage below 80% |