Fully selective state school · Liverpool
The Blue Coat School 11+ admissions
September 2027 entryEvidence reviewed 26 August 2026Current entrance requirements, dates and school facts with links to the official evidence used. Unknown information is labelled rather than estimated.
At a glance
- Address
- Church Road, Liverpool, North West, L15 9EE
- Year 7 admission
- Mixed Year 7 admission
- School type
- Fully selective state school
- Funding
- State-funded
- Day or boarding
- Day school
- Religion or denomination
- GIAS records no applicable religious character.
- Published admission number
- 180September 2027 entry
- Academically selected places
- 180September 2027 entry
- Preferences per offer
- 2.2DfE National Offer Day, September 2026 entry. This is not a pass probability.
- Assessment provider
- GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.
Selection route
Assessment route not published.
- Eligibility
- Year 5 applicants must apply to sit the school's CEM entrance test and achieve the eligible score; they must also name The Blue Coat School Liverpool on their home local authority common application form.
- Score policy
- The school uses a CEM entrance test. Applicants must achieve the eligible score; places are allocated by entrance-test score, and the age-weighted non-rounded total score determines a tie for the last place.
- Oversubscription
- Up to 27 places are available to the highest-scoring applicants eligible for free school meals who achieve the eligible score; remaining places go to other highest-scoring eligible applicants, with priority for looked-after or previously looked-after children and EHCP applicants and the published tie-break.
- Registration
- GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.
Who gets priority
Catchment details not published in this guide.
Read the admissions policyApplications and offers over time
DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. Each preference is a school named on an application; a child can name several schools. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.
| September entry | Preferences | Offers | Preferences per offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Preferences398 | Offers178 | Preferences per offer2.24 |
| 2025 | Preferences492 | Offers178 | Preferences per offer2.76 |
| 2024 | Preferences466 | Offers181 | Preferences per offer2.57 |
| 2023 | Preferences465 | Offers177 | Preferences per offer2.63 |
| 2022 | Preferences469 | Offers179 | Preferences per offer2.62 |
| 2021 | Preferences555 | Offers180 | Preferences per offer3.08 |
| 2020 | Preferences536 | Offers184 | Preferences per offer2.91 |
| 2019 | Preferences536 | Offers179 | Preferences per offer2.99 |
| 2018 | Preferences489 | Offers179 | Preferences per offer2.73 |
| 2017 | Preferences453 | Offers178 | Preferences per offer2.54 |
| 2016 | Preferences331 | Offers147 | Preferences per offer2.25 |
| 2015 | Preferences298 | Offers147 | Preferences per offer2.03 |
| 2014 | Preferences270 | Offers119 | Preferences per offer2.27 |
School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-01.
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- Department for Education: School level secondary and primary applications and offers 2026 (AppsandOffers_2026_SchoolLevel29062026.csv)
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools all establishments CSV (edubasealldata20261001.csv)
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools establishment links CSV (links_edubasealldata20261001.csv)
What the assessment covers
GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.
Key dates
- Registration opens
- GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.
- Registration deadline
- GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.
- Test date
- GIAS does not publish the current test dates.
- CAF deadline
- GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.
- National Offer Day
- GIAS does not publish the current offer date.
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Fees
- Fee per term
- This is a state-funded school.
- Fee per year
- This is a state-funded school.
- Published fee context
- This is a state-funded school.
Inspection context
Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.
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Questions families ask
Which 11+ test does The Blue Coat School use?
The current official evidence does not yet publish The Blue Coat School's school-specific test details for September 2027 entry.
How many Year 7 places does The Blue Coat School have?
The Blue Coat School's published admission number is 180 for September 2027 entry.
Who is eligible to apply to The Blue Coat School?
Year 5 applicants must apply to sit the school's CEM entrance test and achieve the eligible score; they must also name The Blue Coat School Liverpool on their home local authority common application form.
Are The Blue Coat School's 2027/28 oversubscription criteria published?
Up to 27 places are available to the highest-scoring applicants eligible for free school meals who achieve the eligible score; remaining places go to other highest-scoring eligible applicants, with priority for looked-after or previously looked-after children and EHCP applicants and the published tie-break.
What subjects should a child prepare for The Blue Coat School?
The exact assessed subjects for The Blue Coat School are not yet published in the current evidence. The preparation links are general 11+ practice, not a claim about this school's format.
How current is the information for The Blue Coat School?
Trace Learn reviewed 3 attached evidence sources by 2026-08-26. Unknown facts stay labelled and should be checked again before applying.
Sources and review record
- Admissions Policy Year 7 Entry September 2027
The Blue Coat School Liverpool. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- Open state-funded school fields CSV
Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.
- ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract
Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.
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