Hillside High School
Academy sponsor led in Bootle, L20 9NU, taking ages 11 to 16, 785 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.99 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every Sefton school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 0.99 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Hillside High School: 0.99 miles, 2025/26 Hatton Hill Primary School: 1.02 miles, 2025/26, published by Sefton
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Hillside High School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2025/26, from Sefton. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Sefton, published admission distances, 2025/26
Where Hillside High School and Hatton Hill Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Hatton Hill Primary School admitted from 1.02 miles in 2025/26, published by Sefton. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.99 and 1.02 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Hillside High School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes Both in reach | Secondary | 1.67 mi 2025/26 | 1.1 mi |
| Litherland High School Both in reach | Secondary | 0.44 mi 2025/26 | 2.3 mi |
| Hatton Hill Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.02 mi 2025/26 | 2.4 mi |
| Netherton Moss Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.49 mi 2025/26 | 2.6 mi |
| Aintree Davenhill Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.61 mi 2025/26 | 2.7 mi |
| Riverside Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.6 mi 2025/26 | 3.1 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 785 pupils in 921 places (85% full) |
| Trust | WADE DEACON TRUST |
| Local authority | Sefton |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 17 October 2023 |
| Attainment 8 | 39.8 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | -0.47 |
| 2022/23 | -0.48 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Hillside High School
| Girls and boys | 53.6% girls, 46.4% boys |
| English as an additional language | 17.3% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 56.9% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Hillside High School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 7.0% |
| Sixth-form college | 3.1% |
| Further education college | 68.0% |
| Apprenticeship | 0.8% |
| Employment | 0.0% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 13.3% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Hillside High School
Cheapest district inside the 0.99 miles: L4, median £90,000. Dearest: L75, £125,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| L4 | Liverpool | 0.9 mi | £90,000 196 sales |
| L20 | Sefton | 0.7 mi | £94,000 37 sales |
| L75 | Liverpool | 1.0 mi | £125,000 100 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.99 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Hillside High School by bus
Best-served stop: Stuart Road, 108 yd away, with 10.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:37, last 23:40.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Road | 108 yd | 10.2 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 60, 62, 81, 81A |
| Breeze Hill | 128 yd | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 56 |
| Hill Crest | 141 yd | 10.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 60, 62, 81, 81A |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Hillside High School?
Hillside High School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 0.99 miles away, per Sefton.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Hillside High School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.99 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Hillside High School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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