Range High School
Stapleton Road, Formby, Liverpool, L37 2YN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOUTHPORT LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael McGarry
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Southport Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Sefton Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,229
- Pupils on roll
- 979
- URN
- 137612
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01704879315
About this school
Range High School is a secondary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 979 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Range High School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 192 | 198 | 174 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.3 | 46.3 | 44.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.28 -0.48 to -0.08 | -0.15 -0.35 to +0.05 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% | 48.5% | 39.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 64.1% | 63.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 29% | 50.5% | 49.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
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 Range 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 | 48.3 | 37.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.3 | 36.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.2 | 35.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,118 |
| 2023/24 | 1,077 |
| 2024/25 | 1,021 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Range High School compares
Range High School ranked 8th of 17 secondary schools in Sefton for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% 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 | 44.2 | 9.6% | 15.5% | 979 | — |
| Formby High School | 54.3 | 9.3% | 14.4% | 1,157 | 1.2 miles |
| St Michaels Church of England Academy | — | 13.5% | — | 547 | 3.7 miles |
| Holy Family Catholic High School | 44.8 | 9.2% | 26.7% | 1,012 | 4.3 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Academy | 42.4 | 13.2% | 33.1% | 613 | 4.7 miles |
| Chesterfield High School | 48.4 | 8.2% | 26.1% | 1,692 | 4.8 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)
- 15.5%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
- Overall absence
- 9.6%
- Persistent absence
- 25.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Formby High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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St Michaels Church of England Academy3.7 miles
Secondary · Crosby
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Holy Family Catholic High School4.3 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Sacred Heart Catholic Academy4.7 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Chesterfield High School4.8 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Range High School ranks 18th 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
- Deyes High School Secondary
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy Secondary
- Dixons Croxteth Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Range High School teach?
- Range High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Range High School?
- The headteacher of Range High School is Mr Michael McGarry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Range High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Range 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 many pupils are at Range High School?
- Range High School has 979 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Range High School full?
- Range High School has capacity for 1,229 pupils and 979 on roll (80%), 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 Range High School a faith school?
- No. Range High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Range High School a selective school?
- No. Range High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Range High School part of an academy trust?
- Range High School is part of SOUTHPORT LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Range High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.3 in 2022/23 and 44.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Range High School compare with other schools in Sefton?
- Range High School ranked 8th of 17 secondary schools in Sefton for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% 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 Range High School's absence rate?
- Range High School's overall absence rate is 9.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Range High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Range 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.