Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
104714
Address
Honeysgreen Lane, L12 9HZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1324 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
98.8%
Girls
1.2%
First language not English
5.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.9%
Persistent absence
21.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.4%
Mixed 3.1%
Other White 2.6%
Other Asian 2%
Other Black 1.7%
Indian 1.1%
Other 1.1%
African 1%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.6
Local authority average 42
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.16
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award54
Health StudiesTechnical Award52
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award2
TourismTechnical Award8
Art & DesignGCSE18
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE78
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE52
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
217
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
325
2nd preference
165
3rd preference
89
From another Local Authority
129
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
191
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
39
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 classes20.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
250
250
0
Year 8
233
233
0
Year 9
215
215
0
Year 10
215
215
0
Year 11
241
241
0
Year 12
86
76
10
Year 13
84
78
6
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
82.5%
85.5%
Further education
37.0%
29.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
35.0%
47.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
5.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
8.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
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
67.0%
66.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
19.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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