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Voluntary aided school · Liverpool

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,338Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 104714URN

Honeysgreen Lane, Liverpool, L12 9HZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.6 above Liverpool median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LiverpoolSelective

650 applications for 219 places · 13th of 30 in Liverpool
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.7of 90
13th of 31 in Liverpool
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 22 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 28 September 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.0applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Liverpool median (2.4) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

650 applications · 219 places offered · 299 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.0; Liverpool median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.9; Liverpool median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.7; Liverpool median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.2; Liverpool median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.3; Liverpool median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.1; Liverpool median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.1; Liverpool median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.9; Liverpool median median 2.4
  11. 2016 1.9; Liverpool median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.6; Liverpool median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.7; Liverpool median median 2.1
  • This school
  • Liverpool median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262196503.02991.37
Sep 20252176322.93251.50
Sep 20242446292.63301.35
Sep 20232195832.72841.30
Sep 20222075312.62401.16
Sep 20212094692.21910.91
Sep 20202385502.32090.88
Sep 20192384902.11930.81
Sep 20182395112.12350.98
Sep 20172394441.91830.77
Sep 20162374441.91920.81
Sep 20152393891.61930.81
Sep 20142404131.72100.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

208 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.713th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%15th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 4 or above in English and maths51%
  • This school
  • Liverpool median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.41
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20842.736%51%–
2024/2524040.929%55%–
2023/2423943.643%62%−0.41
2022/2323541.634%59%−0.57

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
104714 · 341/4793
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,394 pupils · 1,338 on roll
Free school meals
32.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Honeysgreen Lane, Liverpool, L12 9HZ
Local authority
Liverpool

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources