Deyes High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Liverpool, Sefton·L31 6DE
Composite score
53.5
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#2,095
National rank
#262
In North West
#9
In Sefton
Top 66%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
36%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
60%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
3.66

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
158 first choices, 197 places
First choices per place
0.80
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
481
any preference, for 197 places
Applications from another council area
36%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1220220.8120230.7920240.8820250.802026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Deyes High School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,355
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,621
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
96%
227 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Deyes High School is a secondary school serving Liverpool, Sefton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,355 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 42.8 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.9 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

36% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 60% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Deyes High School their first choice was offered one of its 197 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Deyes High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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