Schools / The Blue Coat School
The Blue Coat School is a co-educational selective grammar school in Liverpool, educating around 1,200 pupils aged 11 to 18. Entry begins with Cambridge Select Insight computer-based assessments, followed by the school's own written papers and an interview.
Athena holds admission-route records for The Blue Coat School. They are shown by entry cycle below; where the provider changes between cycles, each cycle keeps its own recorded exam.
Set by Cambridge Select Insight (Cambridge, post-CEM successor)
School's own admissions route using Cambridge Select Insight assessments (the post-CEM Cambridge successor product: 'Primary Insight' and 'Cambridge Select Insight' papers).
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Route record: needs review · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
Set by Cambridge Select Insight (Cambridge, post-CEM successor)
School's own admissions route using Cambridge Select Insight assessments (the post-CEM Cambridge successor product: 'Primary Insight' and 'Cambridge Select Insight' papers).
966 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: needs review · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
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Test: Autumn term of Year 6 — computer-based assessments, followed by the school’s own written papers
Results: Spring term — outcomes are published ahead of National Offer Day
Offers: National Offer Day — Wednesday 1 March 2028
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
Test: Autumn term of Year 6 — computer-based assessments, followed by the school’s own written papers
Results: Spring term — outcomes are published ahead of National Offer Day
Offers: National Offer Day — Monday 1 March 2027
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
No catchment — open competition
Places are ranked by performance across the school’s assessment stages after the statutory priorities. There is no catchment area.
GCSE: Attainment 8 score 79.5; 97.7% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
DfE performance tables
A level: Average point score per A level entry 47.26 (average grade A-); 58.2% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
GCSE: Attainment 8 score 80.1; 98.9% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
DfE performance tables
A level: Average point score per A level entry 45.19 (average grade A-)
DfE performance tables
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Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28 · official source · checked 2026-10-28
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