St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Boys · Liverpool
Woolton Hill Road, Liverpool, L25 6EG
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 12/10/2021
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.9%
31.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
939
Capacity used
Has space72%
1,302 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
80 of 80 families who put it first got an offer
158
Places offered
264
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 80 | 80 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 52 | 25 | ● 48% |
| 3rd preference | 49 | 17 | ● 35% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 83 | 19 | ● 23% |
| Total | 264 | 141 | 53% |
Liverpool lets families list 5 preferences. 48 applications came from outside the council area (25 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- David Hayes
- Address
- Woolton Hill Road, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 6EG
- Phone
- 01512881000
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Ward / constituency
- Woolton Village · Liverpool Garston
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150713
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 33% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
939 pupils · 1,302 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 21
12 October 2021
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessSixth form Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 957 pupils
Attendance
88.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
31.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
7.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 36.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 31.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 55.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 44.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.37 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 177 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.8 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 11.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 30 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 175 | 8% | 45% | 67% | |
| English Language | 175 | 6% | 35% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 173 | 5% | 34% | 54% | |
| Religious Studies | 171 | 6% | 21% | 36% | |
| Combined Science | 146 | 0% | 15% | 40% | |
| Geography | 102 | 6% | 36% | 61% | |
| Spanish | 82 | 13% | 44% | 61% | |
| History | 78 | 6% | 41% | 56% | |
| Business | 74 | 1% | 27% | 36% | |
| Design & Technology | 49 | 0% | 8% | 33% | |
| Biology | 28 | 7% | 71% | 100% | |
| Physics | 28 | 7% | 86% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Studies | 12 | 8% | 17% | 83% | |
| History | 9 | 11% | 22% | 33% | |
| Geography | 9 | 11% | 33% | 67% | |
| Government and Politics | 8 | 0% | 13% | 25% | |
| Economics | 7 | 0% | 14% | 43% | |
| Mathematics | 6 | 17% | 33% | 33% | |
| English Literature | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Liverpool council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.