Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
80 Earle Road, Liverpool, L7 6HQ
This school is closed (it closed in November 2025).
It was replaced by Archbishop Blanch CofE High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Madeloso
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,065
- Pupils on roll
- 1,145
- URN
- 104705
- Local authority
- Liverpool
About this school
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School was a Church of England girls' voluntary aided secondary school in Liverpool. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,145 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 149 | 177 | 180 |
| Attainment 8 score | 57.9 | 55.9 | 57.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.97 +0.74 to +1.20 | +0.63 +0.41 to +0.84 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67% | 66.7% | 68.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85% | 85.9% | 83.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 59% | 44.6% | 30.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Archbishop Blanch CofE High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Liverpool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57.9 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 55.9 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 57 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,075 |
| 2023/24 | 1,126 |
| 2024/25 | 1,145 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Archbishop Blanch CofE High School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 90% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57 | 5.8% | 29.9% | 1,145 | — |
| Archbishop Blanch CofE High School | — | — | — | 1,179 | 0.0 miles |
| St Hilda's Church of England High School | 51.8 | 6.9% | 18.8% | 1,298 | 0.7 miles |
| King's Leadership Academy Wavertree | — | — | — | 179 | 0.8 miles |
| Bellerive FCJ Catholic College | 47.3 | 9.7% | 37.9% | 955 | 0.8 miles |
| The Belvedere Academy | 53.8 | 7.3% | 31.2% | 1,182 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.85%
- English as an additional language
- 23.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.77%
- Persistent absence
- 11.57%
Location
Nearby schools
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Archbishop Blanch CofE High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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St Hilda's Church of England High School0.7 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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King's Leadership Academy Wavertree0.8 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College0.8 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
The Belvedere Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
- Alsop High School Secondary
- Archbishop Beck Catholic College Secondary
- Archbishop Blanch CofE High School Secondary
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Secondary
- Broughton Hall Catholic High School Secondary
- Calderstones School Secondary
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Secondary
- Chesterfield High School Secondary
- Childwall Sports & Science Academy Secondary
- Deyes High School Secondary
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy Secondary
- Dixons Croxteth Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Archbishop Blanch CofE High School teach?
- Archbishop Blanch CofE High School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Has Archbishop Blanch CofE High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Archbishop Blanch CofE High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Archbishop Blanch CofE High School?
- Archbishop Blanch CofE High School had 1,145 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Archbishop Blanch CofE High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 57.9 in 2022/23 and 57 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Archbishop Blanch CofE High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Archbishop Blanch CofE High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2025.