The Blue Coat School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 8 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
137916
Address
Church Road, Wavertree, L15 9EE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1248 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
47.1%
Girls
52.9%
First language not English
20.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.8%
Persistent absence
3.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29.9%
Indian 20.4%
Chinese 13.8%
Other Asian 8.7%
Mixed 6.2%
Other White 4.9%
Pakistani 4.7%
African 4.1%
Other 2.8%
Other Black 1.6%
Unclassified 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 96%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 79.4
Local authority average 42
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.79
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
BiologyGCSE176
Business Studies:SingleGCSE133
ChemistryGCSE175
ChineseGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE103
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE176
English LiteratureGCSE176
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Blue Coat School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
178
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
232
2nd preference
90
3rd preference
65
From another Local Authority
97
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
169
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
65
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
182
92
90
Year 8
183
82
101
Year 9
179
84
95
Year 10
179
81
98
Year 11
176
78
98
Year 12
171
78
93
Year 13
178
93
85
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
82.5%
85.5%
Further education
1.0%
29.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
90.0%
47.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
8.0%
5.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
8.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
4.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
91.0%
66.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
77.0%
19.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Nearby schools