Maricourt Catholic High School

About Maricourt Catholic High School

Maricourt Catholic High School sits within Sefton local authority, where it ranks seventh out of fourteen secondary schools on Progress 8, placing it in the middle of the pack locally. The top-performing schools in the area are Formby High School, Range High School and Meols Cop High School, all of which post stronger Progress 8 scores than Maricourt's -0.58. As a Roman Catholic mixed secondary with a sixth form, Maricourt serves 1,121 pupils against a capacity of 1,270, and its 23.6 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals is notably above the national average. The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 390 applications for 199 places, with 122 offers going to first-preference families out of 124 first-preference applications. That level of demand suggests strong local reputation, even if the raw academic metrics don't place it among Sefton's elite.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, Maricourt was rated Good across every category — overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision — a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2018. At KS4, the school's Progress 8 score of -0.58 is almost exactly in line with the Sefton local authority average of -0.59, meaning pupils here make progress broadly comparable to peers across the borough. Attainment 8 sits at 42.1, and 59.8 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths. The EBacc entry rate is low at 12.4 per cent, and only 9.1 per cent achieved the EBacc at grade 4 or above. At A-level, the school's value-added score is -0.11, classed as Average, with pupils averaging a C- grade per entry and 30.32 points across their best three A-levels.

Maricourt offers a broad range of facilities including a swimming pool, astro turf, theatre, chapel, art studios and a sixth form centre, and fields sports from rowing and gymnastics to netball and cricket. Its SEND provision covers nine areas, including autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, and physical disability, which makes it a genuinely inclusive option. The school runs clubs such as Model UN, DofE, Young Enterprise and orchestra, giving pupils plenty of extracurricular scope. For Catholic families in Sefton who want a secondary with a sixth form and a strong sense of community, Maricourt is a solid, well-subscribed choice — particularly if they value the school's improved Ofsted rating and inclusive ethos over top-tier academic rankings. It's not the highest-performing school in the borough, but it's clearly meeting local demand.

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