Formby High School, Liverpool

In 2026, pupils at Formby High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.4 in Sefton and 47 across England.

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Sefton and 47% in England.

That is down from 54.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.43: pupils made above 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 36.8, against 55.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 185 families put Formby High School as their first choice and 413 named it as one of their preferences, for 168 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 19 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Formby High School are Range High School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.2); Birkdale High School (4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.7); St Michaels Church of England Academy (4.6 miles, Attainment 8 39.6); and Greenbank High School (4.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.9).

Formby High School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 192 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 117 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 24% into work. 25% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

12.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 184 pupils (15.9%) received SEN support and 84 (7.3%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Formby High School has a SEN unit for moderate learning difficulties: 40 places, 34 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Freshfield Rail Station, about 620 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Barkfield Lane (adjacent), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Formby High 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 75 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sefton (165).

In 2024/25, Formby High School issued 63 suspensions, 5.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Formby High School are Woodlands Primary School (0.5 miles), Trinity St Peter's CofE Primary School (0.7 miles), Freshfield Primary School (0.7 miles) and Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.