Alsop High School

Alsop High School is currently facing significant challenges, requiring urgent improvements across various domains. The school has seen a notable turnover in leadership and staffing in recent years, which has created instability. Although leaders are working diligently to address key issues, progress has been limited, with pupils' academic achievement consistently falling below national averages. The report highlights improvements in areas such as behaviour and staff training, yet these efforts are still emerging from a low baseline and considerable work remains.

Strengths

• Leaders provide a structured pastoral support system.
• External agencies are effectively used to support vulnerable pupils.
• Development of a helpful careers advice and guidance programme.
• Increased engagement in extracurricular activities.
• Pupils value the range of clubs available to them.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils consistently attain well below national averages.
• Weak progress from starting points, especially for disadvantaged pupils.
• Limited understanding of fundamental British values among pupils.
• High rates of absence and persistent absenteeism.
• The curriculum is not taught effectively enough.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Alsop High School attended 82.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 46.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 21.7% of pupils at Alsop High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 10 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Alsop High School had 14.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 24.8% of pupils at Alsop High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2023–24 Alsop High School received £9,142 and spent £9,054 for each of its 1,490 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £714,000 (£479 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Omega Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,073 and spending £7,262 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Alsop High School is part of Omega Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Burtonwood Community Primary School Warrington
• Great Sankey High School Warrington
• Park Road Community Primary School Warrington
• Chapelford Village Primary School Warrington
• Westbrook Old Hall Primary School Warrington
• Bradshaw Primary School Warrington

What is Alsop High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Alsop High School is Urgent improvement, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Alsop High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Alsop High School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Alsop High School have?

Alsop High School has 1,336 pupils on roll.

What age range does Alsop High School cover?

Alsop High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Alsop High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 33.1, and 18% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Alsop High School?

Alsop High School is at Queens Drive, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 6SH.