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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 9 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 8 May 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry619 applications · 147 places offered · 250 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.2; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2025 4.1; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2024 3.5; Sefton median median 2.2
- 2023 3.4; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2022 3.5; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2021 3.6; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2020 4.2; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2019 3.7; Sefton median median 2.1
- 2018 3.5; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2017 3.2; Sefton median median 1.9
- 2016 2.7; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2015 3.3; Sefton median median 2.0
- 2014 2.9; Sefton median median 2.1
- This school
- Sefton 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 147 | 619 | 4.2 | 250 | 1.70 |
| Sep 2025 | 153 | 632 | 4.1 | 264 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2024 | 164 | 575 | 3.5 | 240 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2023 | 164 | 558 | 3.4 | 219 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2022 | 151 | 533 | 3.5 | 210 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2021 | 154 | 549 | 3.6 | 223 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2020 | 153 | 638 | 4.2 | 313 | 2.05 |
| Sep 2019 | 156 | 573 | 3.7 | 244 | 1.56 |
| Sep 2018 | 155 | 547 | 3.5 | 234 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2017 | 155 | 501 | 3.2 | 213 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2016 | 155 | 424 | 2.7 | 147 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 156 | 508 | 3.3 | 209 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2014 | 134 | 382 | 2.9 | 140 | 1.04 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 166 | 45.2 | 40% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 172 | 44.8 | 44% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 159 | 44.0 | 38% | 66% | −0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 157 | 48.0 | 45% | 73% | −0.02 |
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
- Holy Family Catholic High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · SeftonRemains Good20232.3applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · SeftonGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · SeftonSpecial measures Inadequate20241.7applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SeftonGood20241.9applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · SeftonSpecial measures 20261.9applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Sefton20263.1applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · SeftonGood20231.4applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · Sefton20262.3applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 104962 · 343/4624
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 869 pupils · 1,012 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Address
- Virgins Lane, Thornton, Liverpool, L23 4UL
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources