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The Academy of St Francis of Assisi

  • 11–16Ages
  • 873Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of England/Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 144493URN

Gardners Drive, Kensington, Liverpool, L6 7UR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.9 below Liverpool median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LiverpoolSelective

255 applications for 169 places · 24th of 30 in Liverpool
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
32.8of 90
30th of 31 in Liverpool
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 24 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires 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
1.5applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Liverpool median (2.4) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

255 applications · 169 places offered · 98 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.5; Liverpool median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.9; Liverpool median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.0; Liverpool median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.9; Liverpool median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.8; Liverpool median median 2.6
  6. 2021 1.6; Liverpool median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.5; Liverpool median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.2; Liverpool median median 2.6
  9. 2018 1.1; Liverpool median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.2; Liverpool median median 2.4
  11. 2016 1.4; Liverpool median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.6; Liverpool median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Liverpool median median 2.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Liverpool median

Dashed bars: as The Academy of St Francis of Assisi (URN 101857), Our Lady's Catholic High School (URN 104719), 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 20261692551.5980.58
Sep 20251723261.91420.83
Sep 20241813532.01700.94
Sep 20231873601.91320.71
Sep 20221793231.81380.77
Sep 20211802851.61310.73
Sep 20201802701.51120.62
Sep 20191792111.2790.44
Sep 20181521741.1760.50
Sep 20171641891.2780.48
Sep 2016 *1301791.4790.61
Sep 2015 *1031691.6690.67
Sep 2014 *1151951.7900.78

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

165 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)32.830th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 5 or above in English and maths23%27th of 31 in Liverpool
Grade 4 or above in English and maths41%
  • This school
  • Liverpool median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.76
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16532.823%41%–
2024/2516435.823%45%–
2023/2417833.019%37%−0.76
2022/2317031.621%38%−0.74

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
144493 · 341/4009
Trust
The Liverpool Joint Catholic and Church of England Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England/Roman Catholic
Capacity
900 pupils · 873 on roll
Free school meals
58.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2016
Replaced
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi (URN 101857); Our Lady's Catholic High School (URN 104719)
Address
Gardners Drive, Kensington, Liverpool, L6 7UR
Local authority
Liverpool

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