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Stanley High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Fleetwood Road, Southport PR9 9TF · stanleyhigh.co.uk · 01704 228940
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Sefton 42.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 783
- 33 over 750 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 26.6%
- First language not English
- 7.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 121 families put the school first and 137 places were offered; 100% 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 | 137 | 121 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 144 | 112 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 165 | 153 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 165 | 154 | 0.9 | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 179 | 195 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.6, and 30.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼30.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲76.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.66 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 104944)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 0.7 | — |
| Further education | 85.1 | +0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 5 | +3 |
| Employment | 2.1 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.4 | +0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 0.7 | −0.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Stanley High School on 23 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104944), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104944)
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (165 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Replies
- 165
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied
based on 74 parents (45%) with SEND