Meols Cop High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Southport, Sefton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.517 miles
Published by Sefton Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meols Cop High School is a secondary school in Southport, Sefton for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Sefton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Meols Cop 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 | 1.517 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.517 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 9 Sefton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 206 first-choice applications for 175 offers: 1.2 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 18 Sefton secondary schools.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, 175 offers went to first-choice families and 31 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 36% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 3rd 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
- Meols Cop Road, Southport, PR8 6JS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sefton
- Pupils on roll
- 916 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.7 | 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: 206 first-preference applications, 175 offers in total, 175 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.
- Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 1.4 mi Good
- Stanley High School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greenbank High School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Birkdale High School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Formby High School 6.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Range High School 7.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Deyes High School 8.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Maricourt Catholic High School 9.2 mi No Ofsted grade