Graded inspection · Jul 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Knowsley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry382 applications · 195 places offered · 158 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.0; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2025 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.7
- 2024 2.0; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2023 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2022 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2021 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2020 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2019 1.3; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2018 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2017 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2016 1.7; 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 | 195 | 382 | 2.0 | 158 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2025 | 200 | 352 | 1.8 | 158 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2024 | 202 | 402 | 2.0 | 181 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 224 | 334 | 1.5 | 153 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2022 | 216 | 333 | 1.5 | 152 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2021 | 195 | 292 | 1.5 | 169 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 | 188 | 284 | 1.5 | 159 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 196 | 251 | 1.3 | 151 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2018 | 158 | 242 | 1.5 | 139 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 196 | 298 | 1.5 | 212 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 | 184 | 306 | 1.7 | 167 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 166 | 263 | 1.6 | 142 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 | 152 | 262 | 1.7 | 132 | 0.87 |
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.) | 195 | 34.8 | 24% | 42% | – |
| 2024/25 | 185 | 31.4 | 20% | 37% | – |
| 2023/24 | 197 | 29.2 | 23% | 33% | −1.63 |
| 2022/23 | 158 | 32.0 | 17% | 39% | −1.19 |
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
- Kirkby High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.0applications per place 34.8Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Knowsley20262.3applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20240.8applications per place 35.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Liverpool20262.2applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · LiverpoolSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 35.0Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Liverpool20263.9applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Sefton20262.3applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · LiverpoolGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Sefton20263.1applications per place 38.4Attainment 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140001 · 340/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,000 pupils · 1,042 on roll
- Free school meals
- 59.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Kirkby Sports College Centre for Learning (URN 135478)
- Address
- Bracknell Avenue, Kirkby, Liverpool, L32 9PP
- Local authority
- Knowsley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources