Deyes High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sefton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Deyes High School is a secondary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Deyes 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every Year 7 applicant in 2026 was offered a place, though places ran out in 4 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 158 first-choice applications for 197 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 39 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 174 of the 481 Year 7 applications for 2026 (36%) came from families living outside Sefton, and 73 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 36% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 42.8 (England 46).
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
- Deyes Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 6DE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,336 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this school.”
- “They are proud of their new building and facilities.”
- “Staff frequently invite pupils to share their views about school.”
To improve
- “However, there are weaknesses in how well the curriculum is taught in key stages 3 and 4 which have hindered some pupils’ learning.”
- “Pupils in these key stages, including those with SEND, do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, at times, teachers do not make best use of these to help pupils to embed their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 November 2024 (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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.8 | 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: 158 first-preference applications, 197 offers in total, 158 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 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Maghull High School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic High School 2.9 mi Standards maintained
- Litherland High School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Chesterfield High School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Sacred Heart Catholic Academy 3.9 mi Not judged
- King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes 3.9 mi Good Last distance published