Holly Lodge Girls' College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Oct 8 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
104688
Address
140 Mill Lane, West Derby, L12 7LE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1000 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
25.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.5%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58.5%
Other 10.1%
African 6.1%
Other White 5.6%
Mixed 5.5%
Unclassified 3.5%
Chinese 2.8%
Other Black 2.7%
Pakistani 1.7%
Other Asian 1.6%
Indian 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 65%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.1
Local authority average 42
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.31
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award23
Health StudiesTechnical Award48
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
Sports StudiesTechnical Award17
TourismTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE4
Art & DesignGCSE33
BiologyGCSE3
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Holly Lodge Girls' College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
211
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
132
2nd preference
115
3rd preference
84
From another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
131
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
0
192
Year 8
197
0
197
Year 9
183
0
183
Year 10
175
0
175
Year 11
157
0
157
Year 12
47
0
47
Year 13
49
0
49
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
82.5%
85.5%
Further education
27.0%
29.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
50.0%
47.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
5.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
8.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
7.0%
4.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
58.0%
66.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
19.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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