The Blue Coat School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 9 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
1252 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
47.4%
Girls
52.6%
First language not English
20.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.1%
Persistent absence
3.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.8%
Indian 18.8%
Chinese 12.2%
Other Asian 9.5%
Mixed 6.4%
Other White 4.7%
Pakistani 4%
African 4%
Other 2.9%
Other Black 1.6%
Unclassified 1%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.97
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.43
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 98%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 79.3
Local authority average 41.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.76
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE43
BiologyGCSE179
Business Studies:SingleGCSE115
ChemistryGCSE179
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE98
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE179
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Blue Coat School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
181
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
234
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
86
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
61
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 classes27.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
82
101
Year 8
180
82
98
Year 9
179
81
98
Year 10
179
79
100
Year 11
179
84
95
Year 12
179
93
86
Year 13
173
92
81
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
84.7%
85.6%
Further education
1.0%
27.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
89.0%
51.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
9.0%
4.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
7.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
95.0%
69.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
79.0%
25.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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