Alsop High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 11 2023 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
Liverpool
Unique reference
148226
Address
Queens Drive, L4 6SH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1490 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
52.3%
Girls
47.7%
First language not English
17.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
51.6%
Persistent absence
51.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.2%
Other White 10.1%
Mixed 3.8%
African 3.5%
Other Black 2.3%
Other Asian 2%
Other 1.6%
Indian 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.43
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 15%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31.6
Local authority average 41.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.55
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award63
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award56
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award31
Health StudiesTechnical Award32
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Art & DesignGCSE48
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE5
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE231
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Alsop High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
280
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
125
2nd preference
86
3rd preference
86
From another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
125
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
26
To another Local Authority
11
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
279
148
131
Year 8
265
141
124
Year 9
264
145
119
Year 10
254
140
114
Year 11
264
136
128
Year 12
114
53
61
Year 13
50
16
34
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
84.7%
85.6%
Further education
45.0%
27.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
32.0%
51.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
9.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
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

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