Graded inspection · Jun 2023 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 entry484 applications · 217 places offered · 284 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.2; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2025 2.1; Knowsley median median 1.7
- 2024 2.4; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2023 2.3; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2022 2.4; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2021 2.3; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2020 2.3; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2019 2.2; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2018 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2017 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2016 1.4; Knowsley median median 1.4
- 2015 1.3; Knowsley median median 1.3
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 217 | 484 | 2.2 | 284 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2025 | 211 | 448 | 2.1 | 256 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 | 218 | 526 | 2.4 | 289 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2023 | 216 | 498 | 2.3 | 288 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2022 | 214 | 508 | 2.4 | 292 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2021 | 215 | 490 | 2.3 | 298 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2020 | 214 | 496 | 2.3 | 304 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2019 | 215 | 467 | 2.2 | 273 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 218 | 369 | 1.7 | 224 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 | 236 | 387 | 1.6 | 216 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 226 | 315 | 1.4 | 179 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2015 | 220 | 293 | 1.3 | 165 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2014 | 136 | 218 | 1.6 | 75 | 0.55 |
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.) | 206 | 34.3 | 18% | 42% | – |
| 2024/25 | 204 | 39.9 | 28% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 213 | 38.7 | 26% | 48% | −0.59 |
| 2022/23 | 201 | 34.7 | 17% | 42% | −0.72 |
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
- Lord Derby AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.2applications per place 34.3Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · KnowsleyRequires improvement20241.8applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Knowsley20261.0applications per place 32.6Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · LiverpoolGood20222.4applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Liverpool20263.0applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20211.8applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · Liverpool20264.3applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · LiverpoolGraded · no overall grade20240.9applications per place 37.0Attainment 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
- 140412 · 340/4001
- Trust
- The Dean Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,100 pupils · 1,076 on roll
- Free school meals
- 56.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2014
- Replaced
- Huyton Arts & Sports Centre for Learning (Community) (URN 135476)
- Address
- Seel Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 6DG
- Local authority
- Knowsley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources