Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Liverpool · L23 5TF · Sefton
Ages 11–18
- Att838.4
- P8-0.8
- EM5+32%
- Absence13.1%
0.3 miles away
ClosedSecondaryURN 104961
Sacred Heart Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · Liverpool · L23 5TF
Ages 11–18 · 1,119 pupils · Sefton
Overall absence
11.3%
Admissions demand
0.67 · Often has places
Absence
Academic year 2021/22. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence11.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)37.9%
Unauthorised4.5%
- Authorised absence
- 6.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 978
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2022/23 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.67 · Often has places
1st preferences
85
Places offered
146
1st-preference offers
85
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 285
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 128
- Applications from outside LA
- 14
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 9
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (20 Jan 2022).
Capacity fill83%
1,119 pupils · 1,354 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,119
- Boys / girls
- 543 / 576
- School capacity
- 1,354
- Capacity fill
- 1,119 / 1,354 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
- FSM pupils
- 209
- 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 Dan Morgan
Location
- Address
- Liverpool Road, Crosby
- Postcode
- L23 5TF
- Town
- Liverpool
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Sefton
- District
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
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 Liverpool, Sefton, 1,119 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 22.1%. 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.
St Michaels Church of England Academy
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Crosby · L23 7UL · Sefton
Ages 11–18
- FSM42.8%
0.7 miles away
Chesterfield High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Liverpool · L23 9YB · Sefton
Ages 11–18
- Att847.0
- P80.0
- EM5+47%
- Absence6.2%
0.8 miles away
Holy Family Catholic High School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary aided school · Secondary
Liverpool · L23 4UL · Sefton
Ages 11–18
- Att844.0
- P8-0.2
- EM5+38%
- Absence9.2%
1.0 miles away
Litherland High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Liverpool · L21 0DB · Sefton
Ages 11–16
- Att836.6
- P8-0.7
- EM5+15%
- Absence11.0%
1.7 miles away
The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Bootle · L30 2NA · Sefton
Ages 11–16
- Att831.1
- P8-1.0
- EM5+10%
- Absence12.4%
2.2 miles away
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Secondary
Bootle · L20 6AQ · Sefton
Ages 11–16
- Att833.4
- P8-0.6
- EM5+21%
- Absence12.3%
2.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Dan Morgan