The Academy of St Francis of Assisi

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Apr 25 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England/Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
144493
Address
Gardners Drive, Kensington, L6 7UR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
887 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
59.5%
Girls
40.5%
First language not English
48.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
56.3%
Persistent absence
39.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
29.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 34.9%
African 14%
Other 13%
Mixed 11.2%
Other White 10%
Other Black 4.3%
Other Asian 3.6%
Unclassified 3%
Indian 1.9%
Pakistani 1.4%
Gypsy/Roma 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Caribbean 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.74
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.43
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31.6
Local authority average 41.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.64
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE25
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE177
English LiteratureGCSE169
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Academy of St Francis of Assisi

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
181
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
142
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
111
76
Year 8
179
92
87
Year 9
174
115
59
Year 10
168
99
69
Year 11
179
111
68
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
84.7%
85.6%
Further education
23.0%
27.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
52.0%
51.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
7.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
6.0%
1.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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