Alsop High School

Liverpool · L4 6SH

General information Secondary School · 11-18 years Who goes here 1336 pupils, 57.8% FSM

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Alsop High School

General Information

Address: Queens Drive, Liverpool, L4 6SH – View on map
Phone: 01512351200
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr James Kerfoot
Age range: 11-18 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 113 families put it first for 263 places – 4 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 10 of the 263 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 5 · 2024 4 · 2025 5 · 2026 4
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

1336 pupils out of 1800 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 734
% eligible for free school meals: 57.8%
Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (similar to the Liverpool average)
English as an additional language: 25% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 23.5% a year (Liverpool 15.4%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 54% moved to another school, 46% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Liverpool: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 42 (1.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 77 (2.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 31 (0.9 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Liverpool, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 17.1%
Persistently absent pupils: 46.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 24.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Autistic spectrum disorder: 105 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 86 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 71 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 23 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 32 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card February 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching Urgent improvement
Achievement Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing Needs attention
Sixth form (post-16) Urgent improvement
Leadership and governance Needs attention

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Attainment 8 score: 28.2
Compared with the area: 15.0 points below the Liverpool average (43.2)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (−7.9 points against an expected 36.1)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 27% (Liverpool 59%, England 65%) Falling
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolLiverpool averageEngland↘ Falling Down 3.4 points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 15.0 points below the Liverpool average (43.2).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

29th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8

#27Notre Dame Catholic Academy31.0
#28The Academy of St Nicholas29.4
#29Alsop High School28.2

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1The Blue Coat School79.5
#2Liverpool College55.1
#3King David High School54.3
#4The Belvedere Academy53.8
#5St Hilda's Church of England High School51.8
#6St Edward's College51.6
#7St Margaret's Church of England Academy49.6
#8Bellerive FCJ Catholic College47.3
#9Holly Lodge Girls' College47.2
#10St Julie's Catholic High School46.9
#11Liverpool Life Sciences UTC46.3
#12Calderstones School46.1
#13North Liverpool Academy45.6
#14West Derby School42.0
#15Archbishop Beck Catholic College41.5
#16Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School40.9
#17St John Bosco Arts College39.4
#18The Studio School Liverpool39.4
#19Broughton Hall Catholic High School39.2
#20St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy36.7
#21Childwall Sports & Science Academy36.2
#22The Academy of St Francis of Assisi35.8
#23King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool34.5
#24Dixons Broadgreen Academy34.4
#25Dixons Fazakerley Academy33.4
#26Dixons Croxteth Academy31.6
#27Notre Dame Catholic Academy31.0
#28The Academy of St Nicholas29.4
#29Alsop High School28.2

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 82.0%
Went into further education: 77.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Science Double Award
History
Spanish
Art & Design
Geography
Psychology (General)
Photography
Sociology
Religious Studies
Music Studies (General)
Polish
Portuguese
Biology
Statistics

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Liverpool: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Financials

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered