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Outstanding
Oversubscribed
Maintained school
Meols Cop High School
Secondary
Meols Cop Road, Southport, PR86JS
017 0453 1180


School Profile

GENDER
Mixed
AGE
11 - 16
PUPILS
854

Meols Cop High School is a Maintained school (Community school). The school consists of mixed pupils aged between 11 and 16 and has a capacity of 820. The school was last rated as Outstanding by Ofsted on 03 Oct 2012.


PUPIL MIX
492 boys and 362 girls
PUPILS PER TEACHER
13.9
ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS
16.5%
ENGLISH NOT FIRST LANGUAGE
8.9%
PERSISTENT ABSENCE
14.7%
PUPIL DIVERSITY MIX
School census date: 16 Jan 2020

SPECIAL CLASSES
No
SEN SUPPORT
10.8%
EHC PLAN
3.2%
SEN PROVISIONS:
  • SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
  • OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
  • ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder


School Performance


Attainment 8 score

School
43.3
Local Authority
44.2
England
46.7

Progress 8 score

Average


Grade 5 or above in English & Maths GCSEs

School
34%
Local Authority
36%
England
43%


English Baccalaureate

  School Local Authority England
Pupils entering EBacc 57% 34% 40%
EBacc average point score 3.84 3.74 4.07




School Inspections


Inspectorate

The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)

Inspection reports

Ofsted Website  

Latest inspection rating

Latest inspection date

03 Oct 2012

Latest inspection summary:


Category Assessment
Quality of education No Judgement
Behaviour and attitudes No Judgement
Personal development No Judgement
Leadership and management Outstanding
Safeguarding is effective -




School Admissions



Demand for secondary school places
Oversubscribed

Applications and Offers  
Total preferred applications 521
Of which first preference applications 219
Of which second preference applications 203
Of which third preference applications 99
Total offers made 177
Of which first preference offers 175
Of which second preference offers 2
Of which third preference offers 0




School Destinations


The percentage of students staying in education or employment (the year) after completing their GCSEs:

School
92%
Local Authority
92%
England
94%


Breakdown of destinations:

Destination School Local Authority England
Staying in education 88% 83% 87%
Staying in employment 1% 4% 3%
Staying in Apprenticeships 4% 4% 4%
Not staying in education or employment 7% 7% 5%





School Neighbourhood


PUBLIC TRANSPORT
10
GREEN SPACE
8
ENVIRONMENT
9
SAFETY
8
PROPERTY
£149,000 Median house price as at September 2020


DIVERSITY MIX


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