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Voluntary aided school · Liverpool

St Hilda's Church of England High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,298Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 104721URN

Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, L17 3AL · 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
7.9per place
5.5 above Liverpool median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LiverpoolSelective

1,197 applications for 152 places · 2nd of 30 in Liverpool
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.6of 90
11th of 31 in Liverpool
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 28 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong 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. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 29 September 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
7.9applications per place, Year 7
5.5 above Liverpool median (2.4) 5.7 above England median (2.2)

1,197 applications · 152 places offered · 269 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 7.9; Liverpool median median 2.4
  2. 2025 8.1; Liverpool median median 2.7
  3. 2024 7.0; Liverpool median median 2.6
  4. 2023 7.8; Liverpool median median 2.6
  5. 2022 7.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
  6. 2021 8.2; Liverpool median median 2.2
  7. 2020 8.1; Liverpool median median 2.8
  8. 2019 7.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
  9. 2018 6.8; Liverpool median median 2.7
  10. 2017 6.9; Liverpool median median 2.4
  11. 2016 4.2; Liverpool median median 2.2
  12. 2015 3.6; Liverpool median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.9; Liverpool median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 13 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 20261521,1977.92691.77
Sep 20251511,2228.12481.64
Sep 20241781,2437.02971.67
Sep 20231711,3277.83231.89
Sep 20221681,2787.62871.71
Sep 20211681,3818.23331.98
Sep 20201671,3458.13672.20
Sep 20191681,2687.62981.77
Sep 20181691,1416.82681.59
Sep 20171501,0386.92491.66
Sep 20161496234.21661.11
Sep 20151485373.61430.97
Sep 20141293712.9900.70

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

170 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.611th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%10th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Liverpool median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.30
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17044.644%65%–
2024/2517151.865%78%–
2023/2418149.454%75%−0.30
2022/2317153.667%80%+0.05

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
104721 · 341/5403
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 1,298 on roll
Free school meals
15.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, L17 3AL
Local authority
Liverpool

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