The Blue Coat School, Liverpool

In 2026, pupils at The Blue Coat School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 78.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

98% 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 79.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.77: pupils made well 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 71.7, against 80.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

The Blue Coat School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 197 families put The Blue Coat School as their first choice and 398 named it as one of their preferences, for 178 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 30 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The Blue Coat School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, The Blue Coat School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Liverpool's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Blue Coat School are King David High School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.4); Childwall Sports & Science Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.2); Liverpool College (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 50.6); and King's Leadership Academy Wavertree (0.9 miles).

The Blue Coat School's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

The Blue Coat School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 99% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 3% to a further education college.

Of the 172 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 78% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 11% into work. 64% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

12.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 96 pupils (7.8%) received SEN support and 3 (0.2%) 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 Wavertree Technology Park Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beverley Road (opposite), 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, The Blue Coat School issued 30 suspensions, 2.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Blue Coat School are Mosspits Lane Primary School (0.3 miles), Wavertree Church of England School (0.4 miles), Greenbank Primary School (0.4 miles) and Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.