Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Knowsley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 14 April 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 16 November 2021Graded 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 entry457 applications · 201 places offered · 269 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.3; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2025 1.9; Knowsley median median 1.7
- 2024 2.1; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2023 2.3; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2022 1.9; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2021 2.1; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2020 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2019 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2018 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2017 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2016 1.4; Knowsley median median 1.4
- 2015 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.3
- 2014 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.6
- This school
- Knowsley 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 | 201 | 457 | 2.3 | 269 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2025 | 208 | 397 | 1.9 | 250 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2024 | 209 | 436 | 2.1 | 287 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2023 | 202 | 464 | 2.3 | 305 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2022 | 205 | 388 | 1.9 | 247 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2021 | 192 | 398 | 2.1 | 259 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2020 | 196 | 337 | 1.7 | 219 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 207 | 320 | 1.6 | 235 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 | 181 | 287 | 1.6 | 175 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 142 | 235 | 1.7 | 110 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2016 | 175 | 250 | 1.4 | 141 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 | 166 | 260 | 1.6 | 164 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 171 | 283 | 1.7 | 170 | 0.99 |
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.) | 196 | 40.6 | 33% | 57% | – |
| 2024/25 | 194 | 40.6 | 34% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 205 | 42.7 | 32% | 57% | −0.36 |
| 2022/23 | 205 | 40.3 | 25% | 50% | −0.39 |
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
- All Saints Catholic High SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · KnowsleyGood20222.0applications per place 34.8Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20240.8applications per place 35.9Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Liverpool20262.2applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Sefton20262.3applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · LiverpoolSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 35.0Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · SeftonGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · Sefton20263.1applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · Liverpool20263.9applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 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
- 135479 · 340/4615
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,112 pupils · 1,129 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2010
- Replaced
- All Saints Catholic High School (URN 104492)
- Address
- Roughwood Drive, Kirkby, Knowsley, L33 8XF
- Local authority
- Knowsley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources