Alsop High School
Queens Drive, Liverpool, L4 6SH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OMEGA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr James Kerfoot
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Omega Multi-Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Liverpool Walton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,800
- Pupils on roll
- 1,336
- URN
- 148226
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512351200
About this school
Alsop High School is a secondary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,336 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Alsop 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 256 | 251 | 252 |
| Attainment 8 score | 31.6 | 26.6 | 28.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.34 -1.52 to -1.15 | -1.72 -1.90 to -1.53 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% | 15.1% | 11.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 34% | 31.1% | 27.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 31% | 40.2% | 34.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
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 Alsop 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 | 31.6 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 26.6 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 28.2 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 16.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 19.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 17.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,478 |
| 2023/24 | 1,490 |
| 2024/25 | 1,442 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Alsop High School compares
Alsop High School ranked 29th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 28.2 | 17.1% | 57.7% | 1,336 | — |
| Hillside High School | 39.8 | 10.6% | 54.7% | 785 | 0.5 miles |
| Archbishop Beck Catholic College | 41.5 | 9.2% | 37.9% | 1,142 | 1.2 miles |
| King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes | 32.2 | 14.2% | 60.8% | 708 | 1.4 miles |
| North Liverpool Academy | 45.6 | 6.7% | 57.6% | 1,269 | 1.6 miles |
| Notre Dame Catholic Academy | 31 | 15.1% | 54.2% | 968 | 1.6 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report10 February 2026
- 10 May 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 57.71%
- English as an additional language
- 21.6%
- Overall absence
- 17.12%
- Persistent absence
- 46.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hillside High School0.5 miles
Secondary · Bootle
-
Archbishop Beck Catholic College1.2 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes1.4 miles
Secondary · Bootle
-
North Liverpool Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Notre Dame Catholic Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Alsop High School ranks 40th of the 40 ranked secondary schools in Liverpool.
- 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
- Dixons Fazakerley Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Alsop High School teach?
- Alsop High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Alsop High School?
- The headteacher of Alsop High School is Mr James Kerfoot, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Alsop High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Alsop 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 Alsop High School?
- Alsop High School has 1,336 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Alsop High School full?
- Alsop High School has capacity for 1,800 pupils and 1,336 on roll (74%), 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 Alsop High School a faith school?
- No. Alsop High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Alsop High School a selective school?
- No. Alsop High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Alsop High School part of an academy trust?
- Alsop High School is part of OMEGA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Alsop High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 31.6 in 2022/23 and 28.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Alsop High School compare with other schools in Liverpool?
- Alsop High School ranked 29th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Alsop High School's absence rate?
- Alsop High School's overall absence rate is 17.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Alsop High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Alsop 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 10 July 2026.