Alsop High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,336 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.2
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The Blue Coat School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,232of 1,300 places
- Free school meals
- 13.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 176
- Ofsted
- Good, 8 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Blue Coat School (URN 104704, until 1 March 2012).
What the data says
Of the 182 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Blue Coat School in 2023, 90% stayed on in The Blue Coat School’s own sixth form (Liverpool average 46%), 1% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Among the 176 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 76% went to university (Liverpool 43%, England 37%), and 77% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 79.5 against 46.1 across England and 42.1 in Liverpool, with 98% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%) — as a selective grammar school, The Blue Coat School admits pupils by test at 11, which drives these figures.
Computer Science is unusually popular at GCSE: 59% of the year group took it, against 13% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Liverpool and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Blue Coat School | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 182 | 5,186 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 99% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 90% | 46% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 8% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 1% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 4% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Blue Coat School | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students in the cohort | 176 | 4,311 | 541,441 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 79% | 79% |
| University (higher education) | 76% | 43% | 37% |
| — most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students | 77% | 19% | 19% |
| Further education | 0% | 7% | 5% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 6% | 7% |
| Employment | 11% | 22% | 28% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 16% | 16% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Blue Coat School | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 79.5 | 42.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 96% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.80 | 3.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 41% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 70.9 | 32.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 81.3 | 49.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 19% | 17% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 176 | 100% | 88% | 85% | 22% | 99% |
| Biology | 176 | 100% | 23% | 86% | 45% | 99% |
| English Literature | 176 | 100% | 86% | 82% | 21% | 99% |
| English Language | 176 | 100% | 89% | 78% | 20% | 100% |
| Physics | 176 | 100% | 23% | 81% | 46% | 99% |
| Chemistry | 175 | 99% | 23% | 86% | 47% | 99% |
| Business Studies | 133 | 76% | 18% | 75% | 20% | 99% |
| Spanish | 131 | 74% | 19% | 83% | 27% | 100% |
| History | 119 | 68% | 41% | 82% | 26% | 97% |
| Computer Science | 103 | 59% | 13% | 72% | 30% | 98% |
| Geography | 98 | 56% | 41% | 88% | 25% | 100% |
| French | 68 | 39% | 18% | 88% | 29% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 38 | 22% | 9% | 76% | 28% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 21% | 11% | 76% | 23% | 100% |
| Music | 32 | 18% | 5% | 88% | 33% | 97% |
| Latin | 30 | 17% | 1% | 83% | 74% | 97% |
| Physical Education | 28 | 16% | 11% | 64% | 24% | 96% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 27 | 15% | 8% | 78% | 21% | 96% |
| Religious Studies | 23 | 13% | 31% | 91% | 32% | 100% |
| Chinese | 6 | 3% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Drama | 2 | 1% | 7% | — | 27% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Classical Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 92% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theory of Music | 1 | 1% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | The Blue Coat School | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 350 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 177 | 1,964 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | A- | C+ | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | 47.26 | 34.12 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | A- | B- | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | 58% | 21% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 133 | 75% | 31% |
| Chemistry | 95 | 54% | 17% |
| Biology | 75 | 42% | 20% |
| Physics | 53 | 30% | 12% |
| Economics | 33 | 19% | 13% |
| Further Mathematics | 30 | 17% | 5% |
| Computer Science | 24 | 14% | 5% |
| Psychology | 21 | 12% | 23% |
| Spanish | 20 | 11% | 2% |
| Geography | 16 | 9% | 10% |
| History | 13 | 7% | 13% |
| English Literature | 11 | 6% | 11% |
| Politics | 11 | 6% | 6% |
| Latin | 8 | 5% | 0% |
| French | 7 | 4% | 1% |
| Music | — | — | 0% |
| English Language and Literature | — | — | 2% |
| Chinese | — | — | 0% |
| Fine Art | — | — | 3% |
| Arabic | — | — | 0% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | 173 | 98% | — |
| Classical Greek | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Classical Greek | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.