Rank #26
The Blue Coat School
Blue Coat School, Church Road, Wavertree
Ofsted: GoodMixedCompetition: Moderate
Overall GCSE score:81.4
Assessment: Individual
Applicants per place: 2.7 applicants per place
Exam area
Liverpool 11+ 1 school Local area
Liverpool Grammar Schools
Liverpool brings together 1 grammar school in Merseyside. It is better understood as one local admissions landscape than as a shared-route system, so school type, catchment, and competition for places tend to matter most.
co-ed schools Individual Merseyside
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Grammar Schools in Liverpool
The best grammar schools in Liverpool on this page are ordered by GCSE results. You can also compare school type, Ofsted, catchment, and how hard it is to get a place.
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Liverpool overview
Liverpool grammar schools at a glance
1 grammar school sit close together in Merseyside, so Liverpool feels more local and easier to read than a large county-wide area.
Schools 1 school
Main places Liverpool
School mix Co-ed only
Tests School-specific
What stands out
Liverpool is easier to take in geographically than larger selective counties because the schools sit in one small local patch.
What parents notice
All of the schools here are co-educational. All of the schools here use its own school-specific process.
Area shape
What stands out in Liverpool
Liverpool is a compact local area. The main differences here are school type, test route, catchment, and how competitive each school is.
Local school cluster
The Blue Coat School is the only grammar school based here, so this part of Liverpool has one co-ed grammar option.
School mix
All of the schools here are co-educational.
Test route
All of the schools here use its own school-specific process.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Where are Liverpool grammar schools mainly concentrated?
Liverpool is a compact area. 1 grammar school sit in the same local cluster rather than being spread across several different towns.
What types of grammar schools are in Liverpool?
All of the schools here are co-educational.
Do the schools in Liverpool share one test?
All of the schools here use its own school-specific process.
What gives Liverpool its own grammar-school character?
Liverpool is shaped most by its local school mix, test route, and geography rather than one single pattern.