Notre Dame Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
150373
Address
180 Great Homer Street, L5 5AF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
991 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
14.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.5%
Persistent absence
41.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.9%
Other White 7.9%
African 5.5%
Other 3.8%
Mixed 2.6%
Other Black 2.2%
Other Asian 1.5%
Indian 1.1%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31
Local authority average 42
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.32
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award11
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE35
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE103
Business Studies:SingleGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE101
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE176
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Notre Dame Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
7
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
8
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
7
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
5
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes20.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
84
97
Year 8
176
84
92
Year 9
189
106
83
Year 10
180
88
92
Year 11
177
85
92
Year 12
51
21
30
Year 13
37
14
23
Year 2024-2025

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