Schools by area › Sefton › Hillside High School
Hillside High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Breeze Hill, Bootle L20 9NU · hillsidehigh.co.uk · 0151 525 2630
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Sefton 42.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 785
- 85% of 921 places
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 56.9%
- First language not English
- 17.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Wade Deacon Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 242 families put the school first and 162 places were offered; 63% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 162 | 242 | 1.5▲ | 63% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 169 | 200 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 170 | 144 | 0.8 | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 141 | 138 | 1 | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 150 | 79 | 0.5 | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.8, and 34.6% 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
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼51.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲57.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.62 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.8 | −8.5 |
| Sixth form college | 3.3 | +0.9 |
| Further education | 65.3 | +9.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 | −4.6 |
| Employment | 1.7 | −1.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 18.2 | +4.7 |
| Activity not captured | 4.1 | −0.7 |
Ofsted
Hillside High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104946), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective - Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Nov 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- Mar 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Feb 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104946)
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 46
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (30%) with SEND