Secondary
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Honeysgreen Lane, Liverpool, L12 9HZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1338 of 1394 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.0
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 120.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.1
- Pupils
- 1,331
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
January 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
29%
9 points below the Liverpool average (38% across 40 schools)
40.9
1.7 below the Liverpool average (42.6 across 40 schools)
27th of 40 by our score, among the secondary schools in Liverpool we can score - 59 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.18 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.22 |
| A level students | 64 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41% |
| 22/23 | 34% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 29% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.9 |
| 22/23 | 30.3 |
| 23/24 | 28.8 |
| 24/25 | 28.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.15 |
| 22/23 | -0.57 |
| 23/24 | -0.41 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.7 |
| 22/23 | 41.6 |
| 23/24 | 43.6 |
| 24/25 | 40.9 |
Honeysgreen Lane, Liverpool, L12 9HZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Liverpool admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Karen Smyth
- Address
- Honeysgreen Lane, Liverpool, L12 9HZ
- Telephone
- 01512351430