Greenbank High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Southport, Sefton·PR8 2LT
Composite score
63.3
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#846
National rank
#92
In North West
#3
In Sefton
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
50%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
32%
EBacc average points score
4.69

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
210 first choices, 204 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
354
any preference, for 204 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0120221.1220230.9720241.0320251.032026

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

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,034
Gender
Girls
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
8.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,536
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
94%
204 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Greenbank High School at a glance

Located in Southport, Sefton, Greenbank High School is a girls' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,034 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 50.6, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of secondary schools nationally.

50% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 95% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (210 first choices for 204 places). After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.5%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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