St John Bosco Arts College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D46
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Croxteth, L11 9DQ
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Dixons Croxteth Academy
Carr Lane East, Croxteth, Liverpool, L11 4SG
Local ranking25th of 31 secondary schools in Liverpool
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 January 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from The De La Salle Academy (URN 136409) since 1 November 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 39.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 51
Destinations
After GCSE 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 405
- Boys
- 362 (83%)
- Girls
- 74 (17%)
- Capacity
- 600 (73% full)
- SEND
- 24.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 58.0%
- EAL
- 13.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 22.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,714/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
- 14.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 66.9%
- Black African: 9.4%
- White Other: 8.1%
- Asian Other: 4.8%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
- Black Other: 1.8%
- Asian Chinese: 1.5%
66.9%
White British
9.4%
Black African
8.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 149530
- UKPRN
- 10091682
- Establishment No.
- 4014
- Trust
- DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
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