Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
F29
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Prescot, L35 2XG
- Distance
- 2.5km away
The Prescot School
Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, Liverpool, L34 3NB
Local ranking5th of 6 secondary schools in Knowsley
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 8 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 18.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 39.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 159
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 915
- Boys
- 499 (55%)
- Girls
- 416 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (87% full)
- SEND
- 25.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 54.2%
- EAL
- 11.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 22.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,935/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.0%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Black African: 3.4%
- Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
82.0%
White British
3.5%
White Other
3.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Knowsley Park Lane
Liverpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 142798
- UKPRN
- 10056436
- Establishment No.
- 4613
- Trust
- THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST)
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