St Michael's Church of England High School

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
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sefton
Unique reference
141338
Address
St Michael's Road, L23 7UL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
680 (78% of total capacity)
Boys
53.8%
Girls
46.2%
First language not English
4.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.9%
Persistent absence
40.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.7%
Mixed 3.7%
Other White 2.9%
Other Asian 1.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Indian 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.88
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.8
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.13
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE14
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE9
Business Studies:SingleGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE7
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE120
English LiteratureGCSE117
GeographyGCSE11
HistoryGCSE78
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Michael's Church of England High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
130
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
80
2nd preference
125
3rd preference
117
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
80
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
15
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes20.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
147
66
81
Year 8
121
61
60
Year 9
114
59
55
Year 10
116
71
45
Year 11
118
75
43
Year 12
26
14
12
Year 13
38
20
18
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
84.3%
85.6%
Further education
49.0%
51.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
38.0%
29.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
2.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
7.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
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
52.0%
61.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
18.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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