Meols Cop High School
Meols Cop Road, Southport, PR8 6JS
This school is closed (it closed in March 2023).
It was replaced by Meols Cop High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Parry
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Southport
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 905
- Pupils on roll
- 902
- URN
- 104956
- Local authority
- Sefton
About this school
Meols Cop High School was a community secondary school in Southport. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 902 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Meols Cop High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 180 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.01 -0.22 to +0.20 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 25% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 |
How Meols Cop High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.8% | 28.2% | 902 | — |
| Meols Cop High School | 44.7 | 8.2% | 31.2% | 916 | 0.0 miles |
| Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre | 41.8 | 9.1% | 31.9% | 822 | 1.4 miles |
| Stanley High School | 40.6 | 9.2% | 24.2% | 783 | 2.1 miles |
| Greenbank High School | 50.6 | 9.4% | 19.7% | 1,025 | 2.5 miles |
| Birkdale High School | 51.9 | 7.7% | 21.8% | 936 | 2.7 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.2%
- English as an additional language
- 9.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.8%
- Persistent absence
- 29.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meols Cop High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Southport
-
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre1.4 miles
Secondary · Southport
-
Stanley High School2.1 miles
Secondary · Southport
-
Greenbank High School2.5 miles
Secondary · Southport
-
Birkdale High School2.7 miles
Secondary · Southport
Other schools in Southport
- Birkdale High School Secondary
- Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre Secondary
- Greenbank High School Secondary
- Meols Cop High School Secondary
- Stanley High School Secondary
- Crossens Nursery School Nursery
- Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Banks Methodist School Primary
- Banks St Stephen's CofE School Primary
- Birkdale Primary School Primary
- Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Churchtown Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Meols Cop High School teach?
- Meols Cop High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Southport.
- Has Meols Cop High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Meols Cop 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 big is Meols Cop High School?
- Meols Cop High School had 902 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- What are Meols Cop High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meols Cop 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 11 September 2023.