Birkdale High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Southport, Sefton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.138 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Birkdale High School is a secondary school in Southport, Sefton for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Birkdale High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 6.138 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 6.138 miles away, the longest of 9 Sefton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 entry had 188 first-choice applications for 190 offers; 184 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE: 57% got grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sefton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sefton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Windy Harbour Road, Birkdale, Southport, PR8 3DT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 936 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Birkdale High School is ‘A School Where We All Belong’.”
- “Staff and pupils truly feel part of a cohesive team.”
- “They share the goal of all pupils achieving their personal best.”
To improve
- “Leaders have recently strengthened the support available for these pupils, but this has not yet had the intended impact on pupils’ attainment.”
- “A minority of pupils are persistently or severely absent from school.”
- “However, the impact of some of this work is not yet consistently evident.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 188 first-preference applications, 190 offers in total, 184 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sefton.
- Greenbank High School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 1.3 mi Good
- Meols Cop High School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Formby High School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanley High School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Range High School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Deyes High School 7.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic High School 7.7 mi Standards maintained