Community school · Secondary
Wallasey · CH45 8PJ · Wirral
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 143554
St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led · Wallasey · CH45 3LN
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,073
Local authority
Wirral
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Wallasey, Wirral, 1,073 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 47.3%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Shrewsbury.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143554
Location
- Address
- Wallasey Village
- Postcode
- CH45 3LN
- Town
- Wallasey
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Wirral
- District
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,073
- Boys / girls
- 636 / 437
- School capacity
- 1,300
- Capacity fill
- 1,073 / 1,300 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 47.3%
- FSM pupils
- 464
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
- Governance
- Academy trust: HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 26 on roll / 26 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Kevin Maddocks
- Telephone
- 01516397531
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-01-27
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 29.3
- Progress 8
- -1.0
- English & maths grade 5+
- 11%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 31%
- EBacc entry
- 31%
- EBacc APS
- 2.4