West Derby School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Liverpool, L13 7HQ
- Distance
- 1.7km away
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
Gardners Drive, Kensington, Liverpool, L6 7UR
Local ranking24th of 31 secondary schools in Liverpool
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 24 April 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 32.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 23.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 40.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 165
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 892
- Boys
- 502 (58%)
- Girls
- 371 (42%)
- Capacity
- 900 (97% full)
- SEND
- 29.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 62.7%
- EAL
- 50.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.4%
- SEN Support
- 21.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,886/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
- 11.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 35.0%
- Black African: 17.2%
- Other: 14.0%
- White Other: 10.9%
- Mixed Other: 4.9%
- Black Other: 3.7%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.1%
35.0%
White British
17.2%
Black African
14.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Gardners Drive
Liverpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 144493
- UKPRN
- 10063161
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST
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