Calderstones School, Liverpool

In 2026, pupils at Calderstones School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

42% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Liverpool and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 46.1.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.2: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 32, against 50.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 375 families put Calderstones School as their first choice and 1308 named it as one of their preferences, for 258 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 150 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Calderstones School are St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy (0.8 miles, Attainment 8 37.8); King David High School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.4); The Blue Coat School (0.9 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 78.6); and Liverpool College (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 50.6).

Calderstones School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 254 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 36% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 131 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 53% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 20% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (72%) and Mixed (12%).

In 2026, 350 pupils (22%) received SEN support and 61 (3.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Mossley Hill Rail Station, about 1100 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cromptons Lane (adjacent), 300 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 175 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342).

In 2024/25, Calderstones School issued 142 suspensions, 9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Calderstones School are Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles), Childwall Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles), Dovedale Community Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.