Meols Cop High School
Secondary schoolMeols Cop High School is a secondary school in Sefton, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 916 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 30 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Meols Cop High School was 42.9, against 43.0 in Sefton and 46.2 in England.
40.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Sefton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.9 | 43.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40.1% | 39% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61.6% | 60.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 177 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Educ8 SouthportSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file470 m
- Kew Woods Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Norwood Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- St Philip's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sefton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).