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# Hillside High School

Hillside High School is a secondary academy in Bootle, United Kingdom with 785 pupils, part of Wade Deacon Trust. Ofsted: Good, inspected 19 September 2023. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Teacher of PE (closes 23 November) and Assistant Progress Leader (closes 13 November).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. [2 live vacancies](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **Head:** Amanda Ryan, Principal
- **Trust or group:** Wade Deacon Trust
- **Type:** Academy, Secondary
- **Pupils:** 785 pupils · 54% girls · 56.9% eligible for free school meals · 17.3% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 218 (27.8%) on SEN support · 44 (5.6%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** Sefton
- **Location:** Bootle, L20 9NU, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01515252630
- **Website:** [hillsidehigh.co.uk](http://www.hillsidehigh.co.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 141693 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/141693))
- **Ofsted:** Good, inspected 19 September 2023

## Vacancies (2)

- [Teacher of PE](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/06s65aui6tp-teacher-of) · Salary £34,069 to £52,835 a year · Closes 23 Nov · Full time · We seek to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic and dynamic Teacher of PE to join our team.We pride ourselves on our high expectations, commitment to ensuring pupil progress and…

- [Assistant Progress Leader](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/20q24r10qup-assistant-progress-leader) · Salary £24,759 to £26,857 a year · Closes 13 Nov · Full time · We seek to appoint two highly motivated Assistant Progress Leaders with experience of working with young people to join our dedicated Pastoral Team. The role will involve the…

## Exam results

| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 provisional | 39.1 | 39.5% |
| 2024/25 | 39.8 | 34.6% |
| 2023/24 | 35.1 | 25.6% |

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

## Inspections

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 19 September 2023 | Graded inspection | Good |
| 16 March 2021 | Ungraded inspection | Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action to provide education in the current circumstances |
| 5 November 2019 | Ungraded inspection | Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation |
| 22 February 2018 | Graded inspection | Inadequate |

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

## Staff

| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 46.2 | 17.0 | – | 0 | £53,190 |
| 2024/25 | 43.8 | 16.9 | 10% | 0 | £49,429 |
| 2023/24 | 40.8 | 17.1 | 17% | 0 | £48,553 |
| 2022/23 | 40.6 | 16.3 | 26% | 0 | £46,891 |
| 2021/22 | 41.6 | 15.6 | 10% | 0 | £43,356 |
| 2020/21 | 40.0 | 15.7 | 17% | 0 | £43,780 |

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

## Attendance

| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 12.7% | 8.3% | 37.1% | 7.8% |
| 2024/25 | 9.8% | 5.8% | 28.9% | 5.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.3% | 9.0% | 37.7% | 9.1% |
| 2022/23 | 11.7% | 6.8% | 31.9% | 7.4% |
| 2021/22 | 10.1% | 4.9% | 30.9% | 4.2% |
| 2020/21 | 8.6% | 4.0% | 25.0% | 3.6% |

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

## Hiring history

5 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 3 teaching, 2 support. Most often advertised: Assistant Progress Leader, Exam Invigilator, Progress Leader. Last advertised October 2026.

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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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