St Edward's College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
136735
Address
Sandfield Park, L12 1LF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1168 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
6.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.7%
Persistent absence
15.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.1%
Mixed 5.4%
African 4.1%
Other White 3.2%
Other Asian 3%
Indian 2.6%
Irish 1.6%
Other Black 1.2%
Other 1.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.29
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.43
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 54%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.7
Local authority average 41.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.46
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award34
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE56
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE165
English LiteratureGCSE160
FrenchGCSE41
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Edward's College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
181
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
304
2nd preference
309
3rd preference
200
From another Local Authority
152
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
46
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 classes27.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
176
102
74
Year 8
176
91
85
Year 9
175
94
81
Year 10
180
94
86
Year 11
180
102
78
Year 12
132
55
77
Year 13
149
76
73
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
84.6%
86.5%
Further education
10.0%
26.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
72.0%
51.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
4.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
81.0%
67.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
21.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
37.0%
18.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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