Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 30 2023 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
104964
Address
Stamford Road, Birkdale, PR8 4EX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
830 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
22.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.6%
Persistent absence
26.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.6%
Other White 13%
Mixed 4%
Indian 3.5%
Other Asian 3.1%
Other 2.7%
Unclassified 1.2%
African 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.47
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
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 40.7
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.48
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award1
Speech & DramaTechnical Award1
Art & DesignGCSE19
BiologyGCSE7
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE7
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE114
English LiteratureGCSE113
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
158
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
137
2nd preference
128
3rd preference
77
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
137
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
65
85
Year 8
153
77
76
Year 9
182
96
86
Year 10
116
60
56
Year 11
116
61
55
Year 12
65
45
20
Year 13
48
32
16
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
84.3%
85.6%
Further education
56.0%
51.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
31.0%
29.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
7.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
55.0%
61.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
18.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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