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Greenbank High School

Secondary · Southport · PR8 2LT

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 October 2022

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At a glance

1,025 pupils · 100% of 1,030 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
21.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.greenbankhigh.co.uk
URN
137604

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 210 families named it first for 204 Year 7 places, 1.03 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 5.105 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 10 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2013 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 11 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

204 places offered · 210 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 5.105 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 5.105 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

208 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
50.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
69.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
50.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.7
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school50.6
Median of its 12 closest peers49
Sefton average43.3
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Sir Graham Balfour High SchoolStafford · 66 miles awayNo current grade45
Brookfield Community SchoolChesterfield · 70 miles awayGood50.8
Crawshaw AcademyPudsey · 57 miles awayRequires improvement45.2
King James Academy RoystonRoyston · 166 miles awayGood40.3
Brayton AcademySelby · 80 miles awayOutstanding (2019)53.4
Elizabeth Woodville SchoolMilton Keynes · 141 miles awayGood44.9
Millthorpe SchoolYork · 82 miles awayGood53.2
Blessed William Howard Catholic SchoolStafford · 68 miles awayGood52
Wombourne High SchoolWolverhampton · 83 miles awayNeeds attention42.1
Bishop Walsh Catholic SchoolSutton Coldfield · 90 miles awayGood (2016)56
Marden High SchoolNorth Shields · 116 miles awayStrong standard55.1
Helsby High SchoolFrodsham · 26 miles awayGood47.1

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Sefton 86%, England 59%) · Any other White background 4% (Sefton 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Sefton 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Sefton 2%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Sefton 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Sefton 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Sefton 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Sefton 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Sefton 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

11.90 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Sefton: 14.77 suspensions and 0.17 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.66% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

75.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,712; 11.4% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,536
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 13% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 3% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £366,000; in-year balance +£73,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
2%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work50.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87%62.3%
Social housing1.7%17.1%
Privately rented11.3%20.5%
Detached houses65.6%22.9%
Flats25.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms54.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006974 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£372,500162 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£280,500–£514,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (62)£570,000
Semi-detached (86)£320,000
Terraced (7)£193,000
Flat (7)£125,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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