The Blue Coat School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Liverpool
11+ scores · 2024 entry
| Qualifying score · free school meals | 213 |
From The Blue Coat School · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026: Not published · From Liverpool City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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The Blue Coat School is a secondary school in Liverpool for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2022. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
The Blue Coat 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 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 98% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was A- (England B-).
- For Year 7 2026 there were 197 first-choice applications for 178 offers; 167 offers went to first-choice families, and 30 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, 100 of the 398 applications (25%) came from families living outside Liverpool, and 63 offers went to them.
- 12.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 36.2% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Liverpool.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Liverpool schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 1,232 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are extremely proud to attend The Blue Coat School.”
- “Staff are caring and supportive.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe and happy at school.”
To improve
- “While some pupils and students talked enthusiastically about the books that they are reading or have enjoyed recently, some pupils do not read as often as they should.”
- “Added to this, leaders do not have enough oversight of how well pupils read.”
- “This means that teachers are sometimes not able to make sure that pupils read materials that are matched to their reading abilities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2022 (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) | 98% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 79.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | A- | 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: 197 first-preference applications, 178 offers in total, 167 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 Liverpool.
- King David High School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Childwall Sports & Science Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- King's Leadership Academy Wavertree 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Calderstones School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Hilda's Church of England High School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Archbishop Blanch CofE High School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published