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St John Bosco Arts College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,086Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 104715URN

Storrington Avenue, Croxteth, L11 9DQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.2 below Liverpool median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LiverpoolSelective

423 applications for 193 places · 18th of 30 in Liverpool
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.1of 90
16th of 31 in Liverpool
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 19 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected 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. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 7 December 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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Liverpool median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

423 applications · 193 places offered · 206 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Liverpool median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.6; Liverpool median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.0; Liverpool median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.1; Liverpool median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Liverpool median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.1; Liverpool median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.3; Liverpool median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.0; Liverpool median median 2.6
  9. 2018 1.6; Liverpool median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.9; Liverpool median median 2.4
  11. 2016 1.5; Liverpool median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.6; Liverpool median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.6; Liverpool median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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 20261934232.22061.07
Sep 20252063311.61950.95
Sep 20241813612.01790.99
Sep 20231833782.11861.02
Sep 20221804032.22331.29
Sep 20211763642.11781.01
Sep 20201804082.32231.24
Sep 20191803542.01710.95
Sep 20181782861.61460.82
Sep 20171793391.91670.93
Sep 20161802751.51600.89
Sep 20151412191.61250.89
Sep 20141111721.6980.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

167 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.116th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 5 or above in English and maths26%23rd 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)−0.47
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16740.126%51%–
2024/2516939.420%44%–
2023/2416939.729%46%−0.47
2022/2316942.828%50%−0.40

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
104715 · 341/4794
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,064 pupils · 1,086 on roll
Free school meals
51.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Storrington Avenue, Croxteth, L11 9DQ
Local authority
Liverpool

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