Kirkby High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Liverpool · L32 9PP · Knowsley
Ages 11–16
- Att829.2
- P8-1.6
- EM5+23%
- Absence13.4%
0.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 135479
All Saints Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · Knowsley · L33 8XF
Ages 11–18 · 1,129 pupils · Knowsley
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
42.7
Overall absence
9.0%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2021-11-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.36
−20+2
Attainment 842.7
English & maths grade 5+32%
English & maths grade 4+57%
EBacc entry7%
EBacc APS: 3.4
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)27.6%
Unauthorised4.2%
- Authorised absence
- 4.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,045
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill102%
1,129 pupils · 1,112 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,129
- Boys / girls
- 597 / 532
- School capacity
- 1,112
- Capacity fill
- 1,129 / 1,112 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 47%
- FSM pupils
- 495
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mr Tony McGuinness
Location
- Address
- Roughwood Drive, Kirkby
- Postcode
- L33 8XF
- Town
- Knowsley
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- District
- Knowsley
- Constituency
- Knowsley
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Knowsley, Knowsley, 1,129 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 47%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Dixons Fazakerley Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Liverpool · L10 1LB · Liverpool
Ages 11–16
- Att833.7
- P8-1.1
- EM5+17%
- Absence17.9%
2.1 miles away
St John Bosco Arts College
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary aided school · Secondary
Croxteth · L11 9DQ · Liverpool
Ages 11–18
- Att839.7
- P8-0.5
- EM5+29%
- Absence11.1%
2.6 miles away
Maricourt Catholic High School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Secondary
Liverpool · L31 3DZ · Sefton
Ages 11–18
- Att842.1
- P8-0.6
- EM5+40%
- Absence10.5%
2.8 miles away
Dixons Croxteth Academy
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Liverpool · L11 4SG · Liverpool
Ages 11–18
- Att827.9
- P8-0.9
- EM5+15%
- Absence18.8%
2.8 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Tony McGuinness
- Telephone
- 01514778740