Greenbank High School, Southport

In 2026, pupils at Greenbank High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.4 in Sefton and 47 across England.

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

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 50.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.04: pupils made about 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 34.1, against 54.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 210 families put Greenbank High School as their first choice and 354 named it as one of their preferences, for 204 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 11 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Greenbank High School are Birkdale High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.7); Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.8); Meols Cop High School (2.5 miles, Attainment 8 42.9); and Stanley High School (3.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.8).

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

Greenbank High School is one of 9 schools run by Southport Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 214 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 77% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

7.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 178 pupils (17.4%) received SEN support and 24 (2.3%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Hillside Rail Station, about 190 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenbank High School (outside), 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Greenbank 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 48 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sefton (165).

In 2024/25, Greenbank High School issued 123 suspensions, 11.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Greenbank High School are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles), Farnborough Road Infant School (0.7 miles), Farnborough Road Junior School (0.7 miles) and Birkdale Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.