Deyes High School
Deyes Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, L31 6DE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LYDIATE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Beaney
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Lydiate Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Sefton Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,426
- Pupils on roll
- 1,336
- URN
- 137533
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01515263814
About this school
Deyes High School is a secondary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,336 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 227 | 224 | 217 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.5 | 45.7 | 42.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.66 -0.84 to -0.47 | -0.63 -0.82 to -0.45 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 44.6% | 35.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 68.3% | 60.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 58% | 56.7% | 45.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
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 Deyes 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 | Sefton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.5 | 37.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.7 | 36.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.8 | 35.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,390 |
| 2023/24 | 1,351 |
| 2024/25 | 1,355 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Deyes High School compares
Deyes High School ranked 9th of 17 secondary schools in Sefton for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 48% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.8 | 9.8% | 16.3% | 1,336 | — |
| Maricourt Catholic High School | 44.5 | 10.5% | 24.5% | 1,092 | 0.4 miles |
| Maghull High School | 39.6 | 12.3% | 27.6% | 1,098 | 0.7 miles |
| Holy Family Catholic High School | 44.8 | 9.2% | 26.7% | 1,012 | 2.9 miles |
| Litherland High School | 41.7 | 11.8% | 48.7% | 761 | 3.0 miles |
| Chesterfield High School | 48.4 | 8.2% | 26.1% | 1,692 | 3.1 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)
- 16.3%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 9.75%
- Persistent absence
- 27.27%
Location
Nearby schools
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Maricourt Catholic High School0.4 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Maghull High School0.7 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Holy Family Catholic High School2.9 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Litherland High School3.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Chesterfield High School3.1 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Deyes High School ranks 19th of the 40 ranked secondary 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
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy Secondary
- Dixons Croxteth Academy Secondary
- Dixons Fazakerley Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Deyes High School teach?
- Deyes High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Deyes High School?
- The headteacher of Deyes High School is Mrs Victoria Beaney, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Deyes High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Deyes High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Deyes High School?
- Deyes High School has 1,336 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Deyes High School full?
- Deyes High School has capacity for 1,426 pupils and 1,336 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Deyes High School a faith school?
- No. Deyes High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Deyes High School a selective school?
- No. Deyes High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Deyes High School?
- Deyes High School is part of LYDIATE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Deyes High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.5 in 2022/23 and 42.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Deyes High School rank locally?
- Deyes High School ranked 9th of 17 secondary schools in Sefton for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 48% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Deyes High School's absence rate?
- Deyes High School's overall absence rate is 9.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Deyes High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Deyes 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 1 July 2026.