Sacred Heart Catholic Academy

Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5TF

Local ranking16th of 18 secondary schools in Sefton

Ofsted: Requires improvement

Secondary

Phase

1354

Capacity

11-18

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from Sacred Heart Catholic College (URN 104961) since 1 May 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 15 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Requires improvement
Behaviour & attitudes: Requires improvement
Personal development: Requires improvement
Leadership & management: Requires improvement
Sixth form provision: Requires improvement

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

GCSE Results

2024-25

Average Attainment 8: 42.4 nat46.0
Grade 5+ Eng & Maths: 38.2% nat45.4%
Grade 4+ Eng & Maths: 58.2% nat64.8%
Entering EBacc: 11.8% nat40.5%
EBacc APS: 3.5 nat4.1
Cohort Size: 170

Destinations

After GCSE 2024-25

Sustained education/employment: 91.0%
Continued in education: 89.0%
Apprenticeships: 2.0%
Employment: 0.0%
Not sustained: 5.0%

After A-Levels 2024-25

Sustained education/employment: 91.0%
Higher education: 52.0%
Apprenticeships: 4.0%
Employment: 29.0%
Not sustained: 7.0%

A-Level Results

2024-25

C-

Avg A-Level Grade

25.0

Avg Points/Entry

nat 35.0

A-Level Students

Applied General Avg Points: 23.3
16-18 Cohort: 19

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 653
Boys: 321 (49%)
Girls: 332 (51%)
Capacity: 1354 (48% full)
SEND: 15.5%
FSM Eligible: 33.1%
EAL: 8.1%
SEN with EHC Plan: 1.5%
SEN Support: 13.9%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 18.0:1
Teachers (FTE): 36.5
Budget per Pupil: £9,036/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 13.2% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 35.8% nat15.8%

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: Has a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Non-selective

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 85.7%
White Other: 2.9%
Black African: 2.5%
Other: 2.0%
Mixed Other: 1.7%
Asian Other: 1.5%
Asian Chinese: 0.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%

85.7%

White British

2.9%

White Other

2.5%

Black African

Historical Trends

GCSE Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

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Liverpool Road

Liverpool, North West

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Administrative

URN: 149047
UKPRN: 10090328
Establishment No.: 4009
Trust: POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

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