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St Edward's College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,150Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136735URN

Sandfield Park, Liverpool, L12 1LF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
7.0per place
4.6 above Liverpool median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LiverpoolSelective

1,119 applications for 159 places · 3rd of 30 in Liverpool
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.3of 90
3rd of 31 in Liverpool
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 3 December 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
7.0applications per place, Year 7
4.6 above Liverpool median (2.4) 4.8 above England median (2.2)

1,119 applications · 159 places offered · 357 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 7.0; Liverpool median median 2.4
  2. 2025 5.9; Liverpool median median 2.7
  3. 2024 5.5; Liverpool median median 2.6
  4. 2023 6.8; Liverpool median median 2.6
  5. 2022 7.1; Liverpool median median 2.6
  6. 2021 6.7; Liverpool median median 2.2
  7. 2020 6.4; Liverpool median median 2.8
  8. 2019 6.4; Liverpool median median 2.6
  9. 2018 6.2; Liverpool median median 2.7
  10. 2017 6.7; Liverpool median median 2.4
  11. 2016 5.6; Liverpool median median 2.2
  12. 2015 4.7; Liverpool median median 2.1
  13. 2014 5.1; 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 20261591,1197.03572.25
Sep 20251679895.92901.74
Sep 20241819955.53041.68
Sep 20231691,1446.83952.34
Sep 20221681,1947.14202.50
Sep 20211671,1196.74452.66
Sep 20201701,0796.44012.36
Sep 20191691,0876.43862.28
Sep 20181579666.23752.39
Sep 20171489886.73722.51
Sep 20161488325.64342.93
Sep 20151456794.73442.37
Sep 20141497525.13772.53

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

177 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.33rd of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%5th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%
  • This school
  • Liverpool median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.20
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17753.354%77%–
2024/2517551.662%82%–
2023/2418049.454%76%−0.20
2022/2316649.754%71%−0.29

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

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  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136735 · 341/5900
Trust
The Laetare Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,028 pupils · 1,150 on roll
Free school meals
17.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 May 2011
Replaced
St Edward's College (URN 131320)
Address
Sandfield Park, Liverpool, L12 1LF
Local authority
Liverpool

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