Childwall Sports & Science Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 25 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
138787
Address
Queen's Drive, L15 6XZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1048 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
60.1%
Girls
39.9%
First language not English
22.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.9%
Persistent absence
27.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 46.2%
Mixed 14.1%
Other 10.8%
Unclassified 10%
Other White 7%
African 3.9%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Indian 1.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other Asian 1.2%
Caribbean 1%
Other Black 0.9%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36
Local authority average 42
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.96
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award52
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award20
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award26
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE42
BiologyGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE42
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Childwall Sports & Science Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
168
3rd preference
174
From another Local Authority
70
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
129
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
107
80
Year 8
209
128
81
Year 9
199
134
65
Year 10
181
119
62
Year 11
180
102
78
Year 12
46
20
26
Year 13
46
20
26
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
82.5%
85.5%
Further education
25.0%
29.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
48.0%
47.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
5.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
8.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
4.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
66.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
19.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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