Alsop High School

Academy sponsor led · Secondary school · Liverpool, Liverpool
L4 6SH
Composite score
35.2

About Alsop High School

Alsop High School is a secondary school in Liverpool, Liverpool, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. Around 1,442 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted (February 2026). In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 28.2, well below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.6 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 lower half of secondary schools nationally.

12% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 27% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Alsop High School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.

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#3,173
National rank
#442
In North West
#30
In Liverpool
Top 100%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
28.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
12%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
27%
% EBacc grade 5+
4%
EBacc average points score
2.40

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 10/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Urgent improvement
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Urgent improvement

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,442 % FSM ever-6 57.7% % EAL 21.6% Age range 11–18 Gender Mixed

Location

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