Woolton High SchoolChildwall Abbey School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Liverpool.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Woolton High School and Childwall Abbey School in Liverpool.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • Woolton High School was judged Good and Childwall Abbey School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 6.2 for Woolton High School and 2.6 for Childwall Abbey School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Woolton High School (5.5 in 2021-22, 6.2 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Childwall Abbey School (3.0 in 2021-22, 2.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Woolton High School versus Childwall Abbey School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LiverpoolWoolton High SchoolLiverpoolChildwall Abbey SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity special school Community special school
Age range11-16 11-19
GenderBoys Mixed
Pupils on roll79 216
Capacity80 130
LocationLiverpool, L25 6JA Liverpool, L16 5EY
GCSE results
Attainment 86.2 Stronger figure2.6 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths0.0% 0.0% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths0.0% 0.0% 64.8%
Entering EBacc0.0% 0.0% 40.5%
EBacc average point score0.29 Stronger figure0.20 4.09
Cohort15 31
Pupils
Pupils in the census75 217
Free school meals (ever 6)78.7% 69.7%
English as an additional language0.0% 5.5%
SEN support0.0% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan100.0% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence16.8% 15.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence46.8% 41.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Woolton High School

Childwall Abbey School

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