Stanley High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Southport, 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 🔒
Stanley High School is a secondary school in Southport, Sefton for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 23 April 2025. Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Stanley 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 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but a last distance was published in 4 of the 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 121 first-choice applications for 137 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 16 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 26 of the 233 applications (11%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Sefton, and 8 offers went to them.
- Results 2024/25: 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest 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
- Fleetwood Road, Southport, PR9 9TF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 783 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 23 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel a growing sense of belonging to this school.”
- “For instance, they spoke excitedly about participating in a range of whole school recognition and celebration events.”
- “Pupils said it brought the school community together in a joyful way.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils’ attitudes to learning are not as positive as they should be.”
- “They do not engage well with learning.”
- “However, inconsistencies in the delivery of the curriculum hamper pupils’ attainment.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2025 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.6 | 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: 121 first-preference applications, 137 offers in total, 121 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.
- Meols Cop High School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 3.2 mi Good
- Greenbank High School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Birkdale High School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Formby High School 8.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Range High School 9.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Deyes High School 10.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Maricourt Catholic High School 11.3 mi No Ofsted grade