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Archbishop Beck Catholic College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,142Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 104717URN

55 Long Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, L9 7BF · 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
3.9per place
1.5 above Liverpool median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LiverpoolSelective

729 applications for 187 places · 9th of 30 in Liverpool
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.9of 90
17th of 31 in Liverpool
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 23 March 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 provisionStrong 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. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 3 November 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
3.9applications per place, Year 7
1.5 above Liverpool median (2.4) 1.7 above England median (2.2)

729 applications · 187 places offered · 326 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.9; Liverpool median median 2.4
  2. 2025 3.7; Liverpool median median 2.7
  3. 2024 3.8; Liverpool median median 2.6
  4. 2023 4.2; Liverpool median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.4; Liverpool median median 2.6
  6. 2021 3.2; Liverpool median median 2.2
  7. 2020 3.5; Liverpool median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.9; Liverpool median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.8; Liverpool median median 2.4
  11. 2016 2.9; Liverpool median median 2.2
  12. 2015 2.5; Liverpool median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.0; Liverpool median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 12 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 20261877293.93261.74
Sep 20251786593.72991.68
Sep 20241877093.83271.75
Sep 20231797594.23762.10
Sep 20221796023.42861.60
Sep 20211805823.22711.51
Sep 20201796343.53101.73
Sep 20191806483.62751.53
Sep 20181805212.92771.54
Sep 20171795012.82711.51
Sep 20161815282.92701.49
Sep 20151804492.52441.36
Sep 20141803572.02211.23

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

168 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.917th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%16th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Liverpool median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.83
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16839.934%59%–
2024/2517741.535%64%–
2023/2418739.040%55%−0.83
2022/2317544.338%64%−0.46

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
104717 · 341/4796
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,186 pupils · 1,142 on roll
Free school meals
33.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
55 Long Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, L9 7BF
Local authority
Liverpool

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