St Hilda's Church of England High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
104721
Address
Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park, L17 3AL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1132 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
61.0%
Girls
39.0%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14%
Persistent absence
15.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.9%
Mixed 6%
Other 4%
African 3.8%
Indian 1.9%
Other Black 1.7%
Other White 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Other Asian 1.3%
Chinese 1.2%
Irish 0.8%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 65%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.8
Local authority average 42
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.49
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE20
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE167
English LiteratureGCSE163
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Hilda's Church of England High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
248
2nd preference
292
3rd preference
299
From another Local Authority
49
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
130
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
19
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
178
111
67
Year 8
177
109
68
Year 9
173
114
59
Year 10
171
116
55
Year 11
170
120
50
Year 12
135
58
77
Year 13
128
62
66
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
82.5%
85.5%
Further education
23.0%
29.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
67.0%
47.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
5.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
8.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
78.0%
66.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
19.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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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