Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Sefton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Sixth form provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry134 applications · 81 places offered · 25 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; Sefton median median 2.3
- 2025 1.5; Sefton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2024 2.5; Sefton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2023 3.0; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 3.1; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 3.0; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 3.4; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 3.0; Sefton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 2.9; Sefton median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.2; Sefton median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Sefton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Sefton median
Dashed bars: as St Michael's Church of England High School (URN 141338), 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 | 81 | 134 | 1.7 | 25 | 0.31 |
| Sep 2025 * | 117 | 171 | 1.5 | 52 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2024 * | 130 | 322 | 2.5 | 80 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2023 * | 125 | 378 | 3.0 | 112 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 * | 126 | 384 | 3.1 | 138 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 * | 113 | 341 | 3.0 | 128 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 * | 123 | 412 | 3.4 | 168 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2019 * | 124 | 376 | 3.0 | 165 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 * | 120 | 344 | 2.9 | 152 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2017 * | 141 | 310 | 2.2 | 152 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 * | 135 | 257 | 1.9 | 123 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 106 | 192 | 1.8 | 87 | 0.82 |
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.) | 94 | 39.6 | 29% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | – | ||||
| 2023/24 * | 119 | 36.6 | 22% | 49% | −0.89 |
| 2022/23 * | 109 | 37.8 | 24% | 52% | −0.88 |
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
- St Michaels Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Inadequate20241.7applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · SeftonGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · SeftonStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · SeftonRemains Good20232.3applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · SeftonGood20241.9applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · SeftonSpecial measures 20261.9applications per place 34.2Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · SeftonGood20231.4applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Sefton20263.1applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Sefton20262.4applications per place 50.2Attainment 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
- 151777 · 343/4011
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 684 pupils · 547 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 April 2025
- Replaced
- St Michael's Church of England High School (URN 141338)
- Address
- St Michaels Road, Crosby, L23 7UL
- Local authority
- Sefton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources