Formby High School
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SourceSefton Metropolitan Borough Council offer-day figures, 2022 to 2026.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; map: OpenStreetMap contributors, Protomaps.
How it is worked outThe dashed circle is drawn from the school as far as the last child offered a place lived, in a straight line. A red dot is your home, with a line to the school. Tap the map to open the full Schools map.
- Councils measure distance their own way (some by walking route), so the circle is a guide, not a boundary.
Dashed circle: the last place, 2026 (3.44 mi). Faint ring: 2025 (0.99 mi).
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How it is worked outRanked on 2026 GCSE results: Attainment 8, the average grade across eight GCSEs. One year and one figure: each school's place among Sefton's secondaries with a published figure that year; the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths breaks a tie. Schools on the same figures share a place. A school whose figure DfE hides (a small year group) or does not publish is not ranked, never put last. Source: DfE school performance tables.
- One rank everywhere on the site. A school with no published figure that year is not ranked, never put last.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Good, November 2022
- Getting in
- Oversubscribed; last offer 3.44 mi (2026)
- Results
- +0.43 progress 8; 51.5 attainment 8
- Size
- 1,157 pupils; 168 places a year; classes of 20
- Run by
- Formby High School
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18 · Mixed
- Progress 8: +0.43, against -0.37 in Sefton.
- Attainment 8: 51.5, against 44.2 in Sefton.
- Oversubscribed: 1.1 first choices for each place (Year 7 2026).
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SourceSefton Metropolitan Borough Council offer-day figures, 2022 to 2026.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
Offers reached between 0.51 and 3.44 miles in the last 5 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.
Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Offer day, year by year
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, 2021 to 2026.
- Distances are straight lines from the school.
| Entry | Year | Places | Applications | Offered | Refused | Last distance (miles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 2026 | 172 | 443 | 172 | — | 3.44 |
| Year 7 | 2025 | 172 | 452 | 172 | — | 0.99 |
| Year 7 | 2024 | 172 | 403 | 172 | — | 1.5 |
| Year 7 | 2023 | 172 | 424 | 172 | — | 1.07 |
| Year 7 | 2022 | 166 | 455 | 166 | — | 0.51 |
| Year 7 | 2021 | 166 | 453 | 166 | — | 0.93 |
A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 2 November 2022
DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
- Good
- Progress 8: +0.43 (England +0.01) (county -0.37)
- Attainment 8: 51.5 (England 47.4) (county 44.2)
- English and maths grade 5 or above: 54% (England 48%) (county 40%)
- Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: above average
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | +0.43 | +0.01 | -0.37 | 2023/2024 |
| Attainment 8 | 51.5 | 47.4 | 44.2 | 2025/2026 |
| English and maths grade 5 or above | 54% | 48% | 40% | 2025/2026 |
| Average A level grade | B | — | — | 2024/2025 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| GCSE (key stage 4) | Top 12% (2/18) |
| A level (16 to 18) | 1st (1/10) |
Where leavers go
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SourceDfE, destination measures.
- A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.
| Stage | Leavers in | Pupils | In a sustained place | Of which |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After GCSEs | 2023/24 | 192 | 96% | In education 93%; Apprenticeship 1.6%; Employment 1.6% |
| After GCSEs | 2022/23 | 179 | 94% | In education 83%; Apprenticeship 7.8%; Employment 3.4% |
| After GCSEs | 2021/22 | 186 | 95% | In education 90%; Apprenticeship 2.7%; Employment 2.2% |
| After sixth form | 2023/24 | 117 | 94% | Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 9.4%; Employment 24% |
| After sixth form | 2022/23 | 116 | 88% | Further education 5.2%; Apprenticeship 3.4%; Employment 28% |
| After sixth form | 2021/22 | 133 | 90% | Further education 3.0%; Apprenticeship 7.5%; Employment 25% |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 9.3% of sessions missed; 24% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 7.4% and 19%
- Suspensions: 6 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 9); 1 permanent exclusion
- Classes average 20.0 pupils; 25% of classes have more than 30
- 16.1 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 119 m, rail 630 m
- 6 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 4.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.4 (1 km square, background level)
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 831 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 9.3% | 6.6% | 2.7% | 24% | 5.5% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.9% | 2.4% | 26% | 3.8% |
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 7.9% | 1.9% | 29% | 4.1% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 7.4% | 19% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 5.7 | 2.9% | 63 | 1 |
| 2023/24 | 3.8 | 2.4% | 42 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 1.8 | 1.3% | 20 | 2 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 8.9 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 20.0 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 25% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 16.1 | November 2025 |
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 119 |
| rail | 630 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 3 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 4.8 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 8.2 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 5.4 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 13% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 4.8% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 16% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 7.3% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 48% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2022.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2 November 2022 | Graded inspection | Good |
Admissions
Getting in
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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
- 185 families put it first for 168 places; 166 of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
- Some places go first to children from named primary schools: see the feeder rules below.
Applications and offers, DfE
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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.
- Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 2026 | 168 | 185 | 413 | 166 |
| Year 7 | 2025 | 163 | 200 | 417 | 162 |
| Year 7 | 2024 | 171 | 185 | 390 | 169 |
| Year 7 | 2023 | 169 | 206 | 415 | 168 |
| Year 7 | 2022 | 159 | 225 | 445 | 157 |
| Year 7 | 2021 | 160 | 211 | 438 | 159 |
| Year 7 | 2020 | 184 | 251 | 505 | 183 |
| Year 7 | 2019 | 186 | 254 | 531 | 184 |
| Year 7 | 2018 | 186 | 251 | 534 | 186 |
| Year 7 | 2017 | 186 | 218 | 489 | 186 |
Feeder school rules
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SourceThe admission arrangements the school or council published.
How it is worked outQuoted word for word from those arrangements.
- Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.
Named feeder primary schools · Year 7
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SourceAdmission arrangements for 2027/28: the document, page 174.
3) Contributory Primary - Children who, at the start of the Spring Term 2027, are on the roll of either: Freshfield Primary School, Redgate Primary School or Trinity St Peter's CE Primary School.
Feeder schools: Freshfield Primary School, Redgate Primary School, Trinity St Peter's CE Primary School
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2011
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 September 2011
- Formby High School
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2011
- Replaced Formby High School (URN 104949)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
Range High School1.2 miBirkdale High School4.0 miSt Michaels Church of England Academy4.5 miGreenbank High School4.6 miCompare side by side →Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- Council offer-day figures: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, destination measures
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Liverpool and the Sefton league table.
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