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
22.1%
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 %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 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
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE69
Business Studies:SingleGCSE65
ChemistryGCSE69
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
ElectronicsGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE184
Year 2023-2024

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
92.0%
84.7%
85.6%
Further education
20.0%
27.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
58.0%
51.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
13.0%
4.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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
69.0%
69.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
25.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.3%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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