UK Schools
Meols Cop High School
Meols Cop High School is a mixed secondary academy in Southport, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, teaching 916 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in February 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 44.7 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 20 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Meols Cop High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Meols Cop High School.
- 1 Autumn Term Starts
- 1 INSET Day
- 2 INSET Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 5 INSET Day
- 19 Autumn Term Ends
- 5 Spring Term Starts
- 5 INSET Day
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 27 Spring Term Ends
- 13 Summer Term Starts
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 20 Summer Term Ends
- 20 INSET Day
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Starts 1 Sep 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday 27 - 31 Oct 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Ends 19 Dec 2025 Term
- Spring Term Starts 5 Jan 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday 16 - 20 Feb 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends 27 Mar 2026 Term
- Summer Term Starts 13 Apr 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday 25 - 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Ends 20 Jul 2026 Term
- INSET Day 1 Sep 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day 2 Sep 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day 5 Dec 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day 5 Jan 2026 Inset Day
- INSET Day 20 Jul 2026 Inset Day
- A two-week break between the Autumn and Spring terms. Christmas Holiday Holiday
- A two-week break between the Spring and Summer terms. Easter Holiday Holiday
- The longest break, lasting about six weeks, from late July to early September. Summer Holiday Holiday
- 1 Jan 2026 New Year's Day Event
- Variable date Good Friday Event
- Variable date Easter Monday Event
- First Monday in May Early May Bank Holiday Event
- Last Monday in May Spring Bank Holiday Event
- Last Monday in August Summer Bank Holiday Event
- 25 Dec 2025 Christmas Day Event
- 26 Dec 2025 Boxing Day Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Meols Cop High School with Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 44.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council England
Attendance 23.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 86% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Meols Cop High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Meols Cop High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.