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Range High School

Secondary · Liverpool · L37 2YN

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Expected standard

Inspected 23 June 2026 · report published 17 September 2026

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At a glance

979 pupils · 80% of 1,229 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
15% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
30.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.range.sefton.sch.uk/
URN
137612

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 126 families named it first for 144 Year 7 places, 0.88 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 6.972 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 10 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2013 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 23 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

144 places offered · 126 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 6.972 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
44.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
63.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
39.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.8
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.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
33.7
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school44.2
Median of its 12 closest peers47.2
Sefton average43.3
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind 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
Kineton High SchoolWarwick · 116 miles awayGood44.3
Heart of England SchoolCoventry · 100 miles awayGood47.2
The Highfield SchoolLetchworth Garden City · 161 miles awayGood41.7
Tanbridge House SchoolHorsham · 207 miles awayOutstanding54.2
Gillotts SchoolHenley-on-Thames · 166 miles awayOutstanding61.3
Carterton Community CollegeCarterton · 138 miles awayUrgent improvement33.8
St Andrew's CofE High SchoolWorthing · 220 miles awayGood41.7
Millais SchoolHorsham · 208 miles awayGood51.6
Fullbrook SchoolAddlestone · 187 miles awayExpected standard52.6
The Hamble SchoolSouthampton · 199 miles awayGood47.2
Aylesford SchoolAylesford · 215 miles awayRequires improvement37.6
Tring SchoolTring · 158 miles awayGood50.5

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 89% (Sefton 86%, England 59%) · Any other White background 3% (Sefton 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Sefton 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Sefton 2%, England 3%) · White Irish 1% (Sefton 0%, England 0%) · 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)
8.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.46 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
15.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 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 £53,752; 8.8% 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£7,870
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 13% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 4% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£377,000; in-year balance -£232,000

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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
93%
Continuing in education
86%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
4%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
45%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
37%
Any sustained destination
87%

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 higher44%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier93.9%62.3%
Social housing1%17.1%
Privately rented5.1%20.5%
Detached houses67%22.9%
Flats0.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms51.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006993 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£400,000155 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£320,000–£525,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (86)£461,000
Semi-detached (62)£337,000
Flat (5)£277,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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