Secondary school

Childwall Sports & Science Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Liverpool
  • L15 6XZ
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,999 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 92%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 93%93%2016/17: top 67%67% · 2016/172017/18: top 84%2018/19: top 89%2021/22: top 81%2022/23: top 91%2023/24: top 96%2024/25: top 92%No exams

Against North West

Attainment 836.2 · North West 44.42/10 Well below North West−11.8 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths27.4% · North West 40%2/10 Well below North West−5.4 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score2.97 · North West 3.821/10 Well below North West−12.4 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.92 · North West −0.161/10 Well below North West−8.4 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry20.43 · North West 32.9Small cohort: 10 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 41.4 · 152 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 43 · 138 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 39.2 · 81 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 37.6 · 126 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 42 · 169 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 36.2 · 165 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 33.4 · 177 pupils · North West 442024/25: 36.2 · 179 pupils · North West 44.44333.4No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 25% · 138 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 20% · 81 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 24% · 126 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 34% · 169 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 21% · 165 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 22.6% · 177 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 27.4% · 179 pupils · North West 40%34%20%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 24.76 · 41 pupils · North West 28.42016/17: 23.27 · 32 pupils · North West 29.242017/18: 15.66 · 34 pupils · North West 30.22018/19: 23.65 · 38 pupils · North West 31.62021/22: 30 · 7 pupils · North West 35.972022/23: 16.76 · 20 pupils · North West 31.932023/24: 25.41 · 25 pupils · North West 32.72024/25: 20.43 · 10 pupils · North West 32.93015.66No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in66.5%
111 of 167 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 66.5%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st167111
2nd17532
3rd14915

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2011–2022

  1. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2014Requires improvement
  3. 2016Requires improvement
  4. 2018Requires improvement
  5. 2019Ungraded visit
  6. 2021Ungraded visit
  7. 2021Ungraded visit
  8. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,049
Free school meals (past 6 years)49.7%
First language not English22.3%
SEN support23.8%
EHC plan3.2%
Absence (sessions missed)9.5%
Persistently absent pupils29.1%

Girls 39.9%Boys 60.1%

87.4% full · 1,200 places · 92 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.6
Pupils per adult11.0
  • Classroom teachers 54.1
  • Leadership 9
  • Teaching assistants 19
  • Other support 29.5

Teachers 63.1 FTE · Whole workforce 111.6 · 122 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,807
Spend per pupil£7,851
Staff spend per pupil£5,706
Reserve per pupil£1,646
  • +£1,740,000revenue reserve
  • +£1,010,000in-year balance

Grants £8,903 · self-generated £135 · premises £464 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: LYDIATE LEARNING TRUST (4 academies) · trust reserve −£688,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

177 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained87%
  • Education83.1%
  • Apprenticeship2.3%
  • Employment1.7%
  • Not sustained7.3%
  • Unknown5.6%

After sixth form (16–18)

64 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained73.4%
  • Education42.2%
  • Higher education37.5%
  • Apprenticeship6.3%
  • Employment25%
  • Not sustained21.9%
  • Unknown4.7%