Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Cumber Lane, Whiston, Prescot, L35 2XG
Local ranking6th of 6 secondary schools in Knowsley
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 30.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 11.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 34.6%
- Entering EBacc
- 29.3%
- EBacc APS
- 2.5
- Cohort Size
- 133
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 757
- Boys
- 383 (51%)
- Girls
- 374 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (72% full)
- SEND
- 23.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.2%
- EAL
- 10.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 20.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,883/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 16.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 47.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.2%
- Asian Indian: 2.9%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Other: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
85.2%
White British
2.9%
Asian Indian
2.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 148534
- UKPRN
- 10088064
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST