The Blue Coat School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Liverpool council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Liverpool's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 197 families put this school as their first choice, and 178 places were offered. 167 of the families who put it first got a place (85%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school sets its own entrance test: The Blue Coat School entrance test (two phases). Register with the school directly.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 8 November 2022. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1232 (capacity 1300)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

THE LIVERPOOL BLUE COAT SCHOOL

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

01517331407

Address

Church Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EE

Website

bluecoatschoolliverpool.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports