Bellerive FCJ Catholic College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 13 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
138183
Address
1 Aigburth Drive, Sefton Park, L17 3AA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
911 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
15.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.4%
Persistent absence
22.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.5%
Other White 5.3%
African 4.7%
Mixed 4.4%
Other 4.3%
Other Black 3.7%
Other Asian 3.1%
Pakistani 1.4%
Unclassified 0.9%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.7%
Indian 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.43
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 41.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award24
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE29
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Bellerive FCJ Catholic College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
103
2nd preference
151
3rd preference
138
From another Local Authority
67
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
93
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
28
To another Local Authority
32
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 classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
0
180
Year 8
178
0
178
Year 9
147
0
147
Year 10
149
0
149
Year 11
151
0
151
Year 12
48
0
48
Year 13
58
0
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
84.7%
85.6%
Further education
17.0%
27.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
64.0%
51.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
8.0%
4.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.6%
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
76.0%
69.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
25.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

Nearby schools