Maghull High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.068 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Maghull High School is a secondary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Maghull 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 | 3.068 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 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 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.068 miles away, the 5th 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 nearer than in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 248 first-choice applications for 219 offers; 208 offers went to first-choice families and 40 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and progress from GCSE to A level was well below average.
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
- Ormonde Drive, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 7AW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,098 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Maghull High School.”
- “They know that staff are mindful of their wellbeing and that they can share their worries if needed.”
- “Pupils understand how to keep themselves safe.”
To improve
- “Despite the improvements that have been made, too many pupils do not attend school regularly enough.”
- “As a result, these pupils do not benefit fully from the school's tranquil and purposeful classrooms.”
- “That said, too many pupils leave school without achieving their potential in national examinations at the end of key stage 4.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
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: 248 first-preference applications, 219 offers in total, 208 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.
- Maricourt Catholic High School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Deyes High School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Litherland High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic High School 2.4 mi Standards maintained
- The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chesterfield High School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Academy 3.2 mi Not judged
- King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes 3.3 mi Good Last distance published