Litherland High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Liverpool, Sefton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.318 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Litherland High School is a secondary school in Liverpool, Sefton for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Litherland 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 | 1.318 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 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.318 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 9 Sefton secondary schools with a published 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was further from the school than in 2025, the biggest swing between years, and about the same as in 2021.
- In 2026 there were 167 first-choice applications for 171 Year 7 offers; 159 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 41.7 (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
- Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, L21 0DB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 761 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Litherland High School.”
- “They appreciate the commitment and care that staff display for them each day.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe, happy and valued in school.”
To improve
- “This is because pupils who are no longer at the school did not benefit fully from the strengthened curriculum offer.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, assessment information does not provide teachers with the information that they need to know how well pupils have learned across a series of lessons.”
- “This hinders staff from ascertaining where pupils have gaps in their knowledge or whether refinements to the curriculum are required.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 April 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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.7 | 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: 167 first-preference applications, 171 offers in total, 159 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.
- The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chesterfield High School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Academy 1.5 mi Not judged
- Holy Family Catholic High School 1.6 mi Standards maintained
- Hillside High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Maghull High School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michaels Church of England Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published