Greenbank High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Southport · PR8 2LT · Sefton
Ages 11–16
- Att850.0
- P80.0
- EM5+52%
- Absence9.5%
1.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 104964
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Voluntary aided school · Southport · PR8 4EX
Ages 11–18 · 822 pupils · Sefton
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
41.5
Overall absence
9.9%
Admissions demand
0.94 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-29
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.62
−20+2
Attainment 841.5
English & maths grade 5+37%
English & maths grade 4+54%
EBacc entry20%
EBacc APS: 3.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)31.7%
Unauthorised2.5%
- Authorised absence
- 7.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 760
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.94 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
137
Places offered
158
1st-preference offers
137
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 342
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 145
- Applications from outside LA
- 14
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 6
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill67%
822 pupils · 1,223 places
- Pupils on roll
- 822
- Boys / girls
- 427 / 395
- School capacity
- 1,223
- Capacity fill
- 822 / 1,223 (67%)
- Free school meals
- 32.1%
- FSM pupils
- 246
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Erin Wheeler
Location
- Address
- Stamford Road, Birkdale
- Postcode
- PR8 4EX
- Town
- Southport
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Sefton
- District
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Southport
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Southport, Sefton, 822 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 32.1%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Birkdale High School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Southport · PR8 3DT · Sefton
Ages 11–16
- Att850.7
- P80.2
- EM5+54%
- Absence8.0%
1.3 miles away
Meols Cop High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Southport · PR8 6JS · Sefton
Ages 11–16
- Att841.1
- P8-0.2
- EM5+35%
- Absence8.5%
1.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Erin Wheeler
- Telephone
- 01704565121