The 8 best performing secondary schools in Sefton revealed in The Telegraph's 2025 GCSE league table

These are the 8 top performing secondary schools in Sefton.

The Telegraph’s latest league table sees secondary schools ranked according to 10 separate criteria, which add up to a maximum score of 40.

The newspaper says these are “designed to highlight a range of key data points, measuring key academic, behavioural and organisational performance”.

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Using the latest data for the 2024/5 academic year, the points are awarded as follows:

• English Baccalaureate scores (5 points)
• Attainment 8 scores (5 points)
• Progress 8 score (5 points)
• Disadvantaged pupils score (4 points)
• Comparison with local authority (4 points)
• Pupil destinations (5 points)
• Entries options (3 points)
• Oversubscribed schools (3 points)
• Class size (3 points)
• Truancy (3 points)

Almost 3,500 state sector secondary schools in England feature in the league table, with just five schools across the country receiving the full 40 points.

We have examined the league table to find the top secondary schools in Sefton that received the highest scores - each listed has achieved results deemed as ‘fair’, ‘good’, or ‘very good’.

Take a look at the gallery below and see how your child’s school performed.