Maricourt Catholic High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 4 2022 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
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sefton
Unique reference
104960
Address
Hall Lane, Maghull, L31 3DZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1165 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.1%
Persistent absence
34.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.4%
Mixed 2.5%
Indian 1.9%
Other White 1.8%
African 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.8
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.8
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.29
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award41
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE35
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE23
Business Studies:SingleGCSE75
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
English LanguageGCSE209
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Maricourt Catholic High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
120
2nd preference
114
3rd preference
147
From another Local Authority
168
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
120
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
56
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
105
103
Year 8
207
86
121
Year 9
207
124
83
Year 10
203
107
96
Year 11
209
110
99
Year 12
63
28
35
Year 13
68
33
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
84.0%
86.5%
Further education
24.0%
49.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
31.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
2.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
4.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
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
70.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
16.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
13.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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