Birkdale High School
Academy converter · 936 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9
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Greenbank High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,025of 1,030 places
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 208
- Ofsted
- Good, 11 October 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Greenbank High School (URN 104955, until 1 November 2011).
What the data says
Greenbank High School has no sixth form. Of the 204 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 6% moved to a sixth form college, 80% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 58% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.6 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in Sefton, with 51% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | Greenbank High School | Sefton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 204 | 3,063 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 25% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 6% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 80% | 53% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Greenbank High School | Sefton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.6 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 60% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 80% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.69 | 3.70 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 18% | 30% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.6 | 31.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.8 | 47.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 7% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 205 | 99% | 89% | 26% | 20% | 80% |
| Mathematics | 204 | 98% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 72% |
| English Literature | 199 | 96% | 86% | 27% | 21% | 83% |
| Religious Studies | 192 | 92% | 31% | 27% | 32% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 149 | 72% | 65% | 17% | 9% | 66% |
| Spanish | 121 | 58% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 64% |
| History | 105 | 50% | 41% | 32% | 26% | 82% |
| Geography | 87 | 42% | 41% | 39% | 25% | 80% |
| Graphic Communication | 65 | 31% | 1% | 28% | 23% | 92% |
| French | 49 | 24% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 80% |
| Chemistry | 48 | 23% | 23% | 35% | 47% | 88% |
| Biology | 48 | 23% | 23% | 48% | 45% | 96% |
| Physics | 47 | 23% | 23% | 32% | 46% | 91% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 30 | 14% | 8% | 37% | 21% | 87% |
| Physical Education | 29 | 14% | 11% | 24% | 24% | 83% |
| Design and Technology | 29 | 14% | 11% | 21% | 23% | 55% |
| Fine Art | 22 | 11% | 9% | 50% | 28% | 82% |
| Drama | 21 | 10% | 7% | 48% | 27% | 100% |
| Media Studies | 20 | 10% | 4% | 20% | 20% | 60% |
| Dance | 17 | 8% | 1% | 47% | 27% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 11 | 5% | 13% | 9% | 30% | 36% |
| Photography | 8 | 4% | 6% | 50% | 19% | 75% |
| Music | 7 | 3% | 5% | 57% | 33% | 86% |
| Polish | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Psychology | 2 | 1% | 3% | — | 22% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 55 | — | — |
| Sports Coaching | 1 | — | — |
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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.