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St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,073Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 143554URN

Wallasey Village, Wallasey, CH45 3LN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.2 above Wirral median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WirralSelective

391 applications for 168 places · 8th of 20 in Wirral
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
34.0of 90
19th of 20 in Wirral
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 23 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 4 October 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.2 above Wirral median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

391 applications · 168 places offered · 160 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.3; Wirral median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.0; Wirral median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.0; Wirral median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.9; Wirral median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.7; Wirral median median 2.2
  6. 2021 1.6; Wirral median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.7; Wirral median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.0; Wirral median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.9; Wirral median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.3; Wirral median median 2.1
  11. 2016 2.3; Wirral median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; Wirral median median 2.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Wirral median median 2.1; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Wirral median

Dashed bars: as St Mary's Catholic College (URN 105110), the previous school.

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 20261683912.31600.95
Sep 20252074032.01970.95
Sep 20241953832.01710.88
Sep 20232214241.92070.94
Sep 20221983451.71530.77
Sep 20212023231.61270.63
Sep 20202073531.71590.77
Sep 20191402842.01100.79
Sep 20181673121.91260.75
Sep 20171573632.31260.80
Sep 2016 *2204972.31920.87
Sep 2015 *1924432.31760.92
Sep 2014 *2625602.12590.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

178 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)34.019th of 20 in Wirral
Grade 5 or above in English and maths19%17th of 20 in Wirral
Grade 4 or above in English and maths42%
  • This school
  • Wirral median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.99
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17834.019%42%–
2024/2520433.217%35%–
2023/2415329.311%31%−0.99
2022/2317632.811%36%−0.82

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

  • 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
143554 · 344/4001
Trust
Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,300 pupils · 1,073 on roll
Free school meals
47.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 November 2016
Replaced
St Mary's Catholic College (URN 105110)
Address
Wallasey Village, Wallasey, CH45 3LN
Local authority
Wirral

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