Archbishop Blanch CofE High School, Liverpool

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 11 February 2027 at 6pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

Archbishop Blanch CofE High School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 104705), its pupils had an average Attainment 8 score of 57.5 and 68% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above in the 2026 GCSE results.

For September 2026 entry, 258 families put Archbishop Blanch CofE High School as their first choice and 790 named it as one of their preferences, for 185 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 108 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Archbishop Blanch CofE High School are Marydale Lodge Sch (0.7 miles); St Hilda's Church of England High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6); King's Leadership Academy Wavertree (0.8 miles); and Bellerive FCJ Catholic College (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8).

Archbishop Blanch CofE High School is one of 4 schools run by Belong CE Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 177 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 96% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 23% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 113 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 77% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 9% into work. 10% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

27.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (50%), Black (14%) and other ethnic groups (10%).

The nearest railway station is Edge Hill Rail Station, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Archbishop Blanche School (nw-bound), 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Archbishop Blanch CofE High School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 641 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, drug offences and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342), as is usual near a town centre.

The primary schools closest to Archbishop Blanch CofE High School are St Hugh's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Smithdown Primary School (0.3 miles), Lawrence Community Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.