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Greenbank High School

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Academy

Hastings Road, Southport PR8 2LT · greenbankhigh.co.uk · 01704 567591

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.6
average Attainment 8 score. Sefton 42.9, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,025
100% of 1,030 places
Local authority
Sefton
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
21.2%
First language not English
7.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Southport Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 210 families put the school first and 204 places were offered; 95% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 207 (Places 205)207September 2023: 234 (Places 209)234September 2024: 198 (Places 204)198September 2025: 212 (Places 206)212September 2026: 210 (Places 204)210Places 204
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262042101▲95%
September 2025Sept 20252062121▲93%
September 2024Sept 20242041981100%
September 2023Sept 20232092341.1▲85%
September 2022Sept 20222052071▲93%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.6, and 50.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sefton it was 42.9, and across England 46.

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 50.8 (England 46.3)50.82017/18: 54.5 (England 46.5)54.52018/19: 53.3 (England 46.7)53.32021/22: 50.8 (England 48.8)50.82022/23: 53.9 (England 46.3)53.92023/24: 50.0 (England 45.9)50.02024/25: 50.6 (England 46.0)50.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.646.0
▲50.5%45.4%
▲69.7%64.8%
▲79.8%40.5%
▲4.694.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form3.3−2.6
Sixth form college7+0.6
Further education76.6−0.1
Other education0.9−0.1
Apprenticeship2.8+0.8
Employment2.3−0.2
Not in a lasting destination4.7+1.7
Activity not captured2.3−0.2

Ofsted

Greenbank High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
11 Oct 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2010

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2010Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Dec 2007Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (201 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
89%
Replies
201
19% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school●88% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲92% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲92% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲93% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●84% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●79% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼70% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 73% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼33% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 36% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●67% agreeEngland 67%

based on 44 parents (22%) with SEND

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