Birkdale High School
Academy converter · 936 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9
Non-maintained special school
Peterhouse School
- Pupils on roll
- 70of 80 places
- Free school meals
- 41.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 9
- Ofsted
- Report card, 21 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Strong standardSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Peterhouse School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Peterhouse School’s own sixth form (Sefton average 25%), 11% went to a further education college and 11% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 11% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Sefton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Peterhouse School | Sefton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 3,063 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 25% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 11% | 53% | 37% |
| — other education | 78% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 11% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 4% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Where Peterhouse School is
Other secondary schools in Sefton are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Sefton’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Sefton
Chesterfield High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,692 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 822 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.8
Deyes High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,336 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
Formby High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,157 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3
Greenbank High School
Academy converter · 1,025 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.