Deyes High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 14 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sefton
Unique reference
137533
Address
Deyes Lane, Maghull, L31 6DE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1351 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
54.3%
Girls
45.7%
First language not English
1.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.6%
Persistent absence
24.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.9%
Mixed 3.1%
Other White 1.5%
Indian 0.4%
African 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.66
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.98
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award17
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award54
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE50
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE227
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Deyes High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
214
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
171
3rd preference
117
From another Local Authority
150
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
169
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
64
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
136
103
Year 8
240
124
116
Year 9
233
135
98
Year 10
218
103
115
Year 11
224
124
100
Year 12
85
53
32
Year 13
112
59
53
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
84.0%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
49.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
31.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
2.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
4.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
57.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
16.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
13.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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