The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Sefton
Unique reference
149486
Address
Netherton Way, L30 2NA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
532 (64% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
16.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
53.8%
Persistent absence
33.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.1%
African 9.8%
Other White 3.8%
Mixed 2.7%
Other 2.4%
Indian 1.3%
Other Asian 0.9%
Irish 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Caribbean 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 19%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.1
Local authority average 42.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.54
Local authority average 3.69
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award29
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE72
English LiteratureGCSE64
GeographyGCSE19
HistoryGCSE19
ItalianGCSE4
MathematicsGCSE72
Religious StudiesGCSE56
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
120
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
87
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
64
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
87
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes25.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
118
73
45
Year 8
119
56
63
Year 9
112
48
64
Year 10
108
48
60
Year 11
75
35
40
Year 2024-2025

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