Stanley High School
Secondary schoolStanley High School is a secondary school in Sefton, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 783 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 23 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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 Stanley High School was 40.8, against 43.0 in Sefton and 46.2 in England.
33.5% 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 | 40.8 | 43.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33.5% | 39% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57.8% | 60.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 173 | – | – |
- 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- Marshside Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)570 m
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)830 m
- Peterhouse SchoolSpecial. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met890 m
- Presfield High School and Specialist CollegeSpecial. School remains Good, September 2023890 m
- Crossens Nursery SchoolNursery. Good (overall), May 2024920 m
- Larkfield Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
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).