Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 6 January 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 14 January 2020Graded inspection: Inadequate · as The De La Salle Academy, URN 136409
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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 entry147 applications · 111 places offered · 54 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.3; Liverpool median median 2.4
- 2025 1.0; Liverpool median median 2.7
- 2024 1.0; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2023 0.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2022 0.5; Liverpool median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2021 0.8; Liverpool median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2020 0.7; Liverpool median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.2; Liverpool median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 0.9; Liverpool median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Liverpool median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Liverpool median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Liverpool median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Liverpool median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Liverpool median
Dashed bars: as The De La Salle Academy (URN 136409), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 111 | 147 | 1.3 | 54 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2025 | 98 | 102 | 1.0 | 34 | 0.35 |
| Sep 2024 | 120 | 114 | 1.0 | 43 | 0.36 |
| Sep 2023 | 123 | 74 | 0.6 | 40 | 0.33 |
| Sep 2022 * | 117 | 53 | 0.5 | 19 | 0.16 |
| Sep 2021 * | 76 | 59 | 0.8 | 28 | 0.37 |
| Sep 2020 * | 108 | 72 | 0.7 | 31 | 0.29 |
| Sep 2019 * | 81 | 93 | 1.2 | 43 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2018 * | 106 | 94 | 0.9 | 50 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2017 * | 82 | 125 | 1.5 | 46 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2016 * | 81 | 101 | 1.3 | 47 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2015 * | 51 | 72 | 1.4 | 40 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 71 | 1.2 | 41 | 0.68 |
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.) | 51 | 35.0 | 26% | 39% | – |
| 2024/25 | 51 | 31.6 | 16% | 31% | – |
| 2023/24 | 74 | 27.9 | 15% | 31% | −0.94 |
| 2022/23 | – |
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
- Dixons Croxteth AcademyThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 35.0Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · Liverpool20262.2applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · LiverpoolGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · LiverpoolGraded · no overall grade20247.0applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · LiverpoolGood20233.0applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20240.8applications per place 35.9Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Liverpool20263.0applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · LiverpoolGood20222.4applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · KnowsleyGood20222.0applications per place 34.8Attainment 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
- 149530 · 341/4014
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 436 on roll
- Free school meals
- 57.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2022
- Replaced
- The De La Salle Academy (URN 136409)
- Address
- Carr Lane East, Croxteth, Liverpool, L11 4SG
- Local authority
- Liverpool
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources