Litherland High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 20 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Sefton
Unique reference
141694
Address
Sterrix Lane, Litherland, L21 0DB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
728 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.2%
Persistent absence
35.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.6%
Other White 2.6%
Mixed 2.5%
African 1.1%
Chinese 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.2
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.12
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award10
TourismTechnical Award6
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE13
ChemistryGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE9
Design & TechnologyGCSE9
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Litherland High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
143
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
207
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
139
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
81
70
Year 8
158
78
80
Year 9
147
70
77
Year 10
135
66
69
Year 11
137
62
75
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
84.0%
86.5%
Further education
66.0%
49.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
6.0%
31.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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