St Hilda's Church of England High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 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
1122 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
60.5%
Girls
39.5%
First language not English
6.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
14%
Persistent absence
14.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.4%
Mixed 6.2%
Other 4.5%
African 3.4%
Indian 1.8%
Chinese 1.6%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Other White 1.4%
Other Black 1.4%
Other Asian 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 0.9%
Pakistani 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.43
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 67%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.6
Local authority average 41.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.48
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE170
English LiteratureGCSE169
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Hilda's Church of England High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
297
2nd preference
311
3rd preference
298
From another Local Authority
64
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
162
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
20
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 classes19.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
176
108
68
Year 8
175
114
61
Year 9
179
119
60
Year 10
172
120
52
Year 11
182
93
89
Year 12
137
67
70
Year 13
101
58
43
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
84.6%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
26.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
72.0%
51.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
4.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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
83.0%
67.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
21.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
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
1.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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