England · Grammar school
The Blue Coat School
Wavertree, Liverpool · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 137916)
Overview
- Address
- Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EE
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,232
- Capacity
- 1,300
- Eligible for free school meals
- 13.3%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- The Liverpool Blue Coat School
- Local authority
- Liverpool
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (parentview.ofsted.gov.uk, get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area3% of Year 7 places offered in Liverpool for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- For September 2027 entry, there is no catchment area. Up to 27 places go to the highest-scoring children eligible for free school meals who reach the eligible score; the rest go to the highest-scoring other children who reach it.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2027 entry, places are given purely on test score (with looked-after children and children with an education, health and care plan first), so children can come from any area.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 398 applicants named this school (197 as their first choice) for 178 places. 63 of 178 offers went to children living outside Liverpool.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Liverpool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 178 | 398 | 197 | 1.1 | 63 |
| Sept 2025 | 178 | 492 | 232 | 1.3 | 65 |
| Sept 2024 | 181 | 466 | 234 | 1.3 | 61 |
| Sept 2023 | 177 | 465 | 228 | 1.3 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 | 179 | 469 | 237 | 1.3 | 59 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Liverpool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 180 | 555 | 286 | 1.6 | 57 |
| Sept 2020 | 184 | 536 | 255 | 1.4 | 43 |
| Sept 2019 | 179 | 536 | 259 | 1.4 | 54 |
| Sept 2018 | 179 | 489 | 262 | 1.5 | 57 |
| Sept 2017 | 178 | 453 | 225 | 1.3 | 52 |
| Sept 2016 | 147 | 331 | 199 | 1.4 | 38 |
| Sept 2015 | 147 | 298 | 187 | 1.3 | 37 |
| Sept 2014 | 119 | 270 | 161 | 1.4 | 34 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Liverpool" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (bluecoatschoolliverpool.org.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 March 2012
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 8 November 2022: overall Good. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Inspection history (3)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 78.6 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98.3% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 82.6% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 80.1 (2023/24) → 79.5 (2024/25) → 78.6 (2025/26).
178 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- L15 9EE
- Map location
- 53.39298, -2.91609
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01517331407
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.bluecoatschoolliverpool.org.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 137916) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026