UK Schools
Stanley High School
Stanley High School is a mixed secondary academy in Southport, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, teaching 783 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in April 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 40.6 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Stanley High School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Stanley High School.
- 1–2 Inset Days – Students not in school
- 3 Start of Autumn Term – All years in school
- 24 End of Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 Autumn Term Resumes
- 5 Inset Day – Students not in school
- 19 End of Autumn Term – 12 noon
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Start of Spring Term
- 30 Inset Day – Students not in school
- 13 End of Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 Inset Day – Students not in school
- 24 Spring Term Resumes
- 27 End of Spring Term – 12 noon
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Start of Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday – Students not in school
- 22 End of Term
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 1 Summer Term Resumes
- 26 Inset Day – Students not in school
- 17 End of Summer Term – 12 noon
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Days – Students not in school Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- Start of Autumn Term – All years in school Sep 3, 2025 Term
- End of Autumn Term Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Resumes Nov 3, 2025 Term
- Inset Day – Students not in school Dec 5, 2025 Inset Day
- End of Autumn Term – 12 noon Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Start of Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Inset Day – Students not in school Jan 30, 2026 Inset Day
- End of Term Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day – Students not in school Feb 23, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Resumes Feb 24, 2026 Term
- End of Spring Term – 12 noon Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday – Students not in school May 4, 2026 Holiday
- End of Term May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Resumes Jun 1, 2026 Term
- Inset Day – Students not in school Jun 26, 2026 Inset Day
- End of Summer Term – 12 noon Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 18, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1 (annual) Event
- Good Friday (Variable date) Apr (variable) Event
- Easter Monday (Variable date) Apr (variable) Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (General) May (first Monday) Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (General) May (last Monday) Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug (last Monday) Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25 (annual) Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26 (annual) Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Stanley High School with Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 40.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council England
Attendance 27.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 90% 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 Stanley 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 Stanley 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.