Maricourt Catholic High School, Liverpool

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Maricourt Catholic High School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed a personal development programme that reflects local safeguarding and behavioural risks."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Leaders' improvements to teaching are helping pupils to achieve increasingly well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have improved attendance and behaviour through the positive relationships they establish with pupils and families."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the strengths and areas for development within the curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise support for vulnerable pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "There has been a significant change in leadership recently with the appointment of new senior leaders."

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a broad curriculum that meets students' needs."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to improve pupils' attendance so it is consistently in line with or better than national average"; "Leaders should continue to improve the consistency of teaching across subjects, including the use of adaptive strategies, so that pupils learn well across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that improvements to the curriculum lead to positive trends in pupils' achievement across the curriculum".

In its own words: "Welcome to Maricourt Catholic High School. Our school was founded in 1957 under the trusteeship of the Sisters of Mercy. Our Catholic ethos permeates all aspects of our school life, making Maricourt an inclusive community in which each individual can flourish."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance and Duke of Edinburgh.

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 3 December 2026 at 5pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Maricourt Catholic High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.4 in Sefton and 47 across England.

35% 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 44.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.58: pupils made well 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 36.2, against 47.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 121 families put Maricourt Catholic High School as their first choice and 415 named it as one of their preferences, for 182 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Maricourt Catholic High School are Deyes High School (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.1); Maghull High School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.4); Dixons Fazakerley Academy (2.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.9); and Litherland High School (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.2).

Maricourt Catholic High School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 209 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 38% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 76 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 59% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 3% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 155 pupils (14.2%) received SEN support and 29 (2.7%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Maghull Rail Station, about 480 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Damfield Lane (opposite), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 62 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sefton (165).

In 2024/25, Maricourt Catholic High School issued 126 suspensions, 11.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Maricourt Catholic High School are St George's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles); St Andrews Church of England Primary School, Maghull (0.4 miles); Hudson Primary School (0.5 miles); and Summerhill Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.