Secondary
Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5TF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 613 of 1354 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 61.1
- Pupils per adult
- 13.4
- Pupils
- 821
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 October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
38%
1 points below the Sefton average (39% across 17 schools)
42.4
0.9 below the Sefton average (43.3 across 17 schools)
15th of 17 by our score, among the secondary schools in Sefton we can score - 25 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 | 42.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.53 |
| Entered the EBacc | 12% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| A level average points per entry | 25 |
| A level students | 8 |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 34% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 29.3 |
| 23/24 | 27.1 |
| 24/25 | 25.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | -0.57 |
| 23/24 | -0.75 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 42.1 |
| 23/24 | 38.4 |
| 24/25 | 42.4 |
Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5TF
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.
Sefton 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
- Mark O'Hagan
- Address
- Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5TF
- Telephone
- 01519312971