Holly Lodge Girls' College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 6 2019 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
977 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
25.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
46%
Persistent absence
27.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.6%
Other 10.8%
African 6%
Mixed 5.4%
Other White 5%
Unclassified 3.4%
Chinese 2.7%
Other Black 2.6%
Other Asian 1.6%
Pakistani 1.4%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Indian 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.43
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 66%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.5
Local authority average 41.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.12
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award7
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award31
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award37
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
ArabicGCSE11
Art & DesignGCSE36
BiologyGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE34
ChineseGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Holly Lodge Girls' College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
195
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
111
2nd preference
118
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
111
2nd preference
46
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
196
0
196
Year 8
184
0
184
Year 9
177
0
177
Year 10
165
0
165
Year 11
184
0
184
Year 12
49
0
49
Year 13
22
0
22
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
84.6%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
26.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
51.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
5.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
7.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
67.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
21.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
18.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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