West Derby School

Ofsted

▲Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 4 May 2023, published 2 July 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place — 1.15 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• –Holly Lodge Girls' College 0.5 km · No overall grade (2024)
• –St Edward's College 0.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
• !The Academy of St Francis of Assisi 1.7 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
• –Dixons Broadgreen Academy 2.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
• ▲Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 2.2 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
• –King's Leadership Academy Wavertree 2.4 km · No Ofsted rating

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.