St Margaret's Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 1 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
138850
Address
Aigburth Road, L17 6AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
995 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
99.1%
Girls
0.9%
First language not English
19%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.3%
Persistent absence
28.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.6%
Mixed 5.9%
African 4.3%
Other 4.3%
Indian 3.4%
Other White 3.2%
Chinese 2.5%
Other Black 1.6%
Other Asian 1.5%
Pakistani 1.2%
Bangladeshi 1%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.43
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.6
Local authority average 41.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.16
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award12
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award32
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE62
Business Studies:SingleGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE61
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
ElectronicsGCSE13
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Margaret's Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
104
2nd preference
128
3rd preference
132
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
86
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
34
To another Local Authority
7
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
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
164
164
0
Year 8
165
165
0
Year 9
158
158
0
Year 10
173
173
0
Year 11
186
186
0
Year 12
63
62
1
Year 13
86
78
8
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
84.6%
86.5%
Further education
12.0%
26.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
71.0%
51.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
4.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
7.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
64.0%
67.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
21.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
18.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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