Secondary school

St Michaels Church of England Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Sefton
  • L23 7UL
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Inadequate · inspected Jun 2024

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,568 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 79%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 68%68%2016/17: top 77%2017/18: top 67%67% · 2017/182018/19: top 69%2021/22: top 78%2022/23: top 87%2023/24: top 89%2024/25: top 79%No exams

Against North West

Attainment 840.1 · North West 44.43/10 Below
Grade 5+ English and maths25.4% · North West 40%2/10 Well below North West−5.4 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.33 · North West 3.823/10 Below−7.7 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.89 · North West −0.161/10 Well below North West−29.5 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry30.48 · North West 32.9Small cohort: 8 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 47.6 · 71 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 41.1 · 107 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 42.9 · 128 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 42.7 · 94 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 42.7 · 131 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 37.8 · 109 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 36.6 · 119 pupils · North West 442024/25: 40.1 · 114 pupils · North West 44.447.636.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 27% · 107 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 33% · 128 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 34% · 94 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 32% · 131 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 24% · 109 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 21.8% · 119 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 25.4% · 114 pupils · North West 40%34%21.8%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 22.42 · 30 pupils · North West 28.42016/17: 23.89 · 37 pupils · North West 29.242017/18: 21.9 · 18 pupils · North West 30.22018/19: 26.63 · 42 pupils · North West 31.62021/22: 27.06 · 16 pupils · North West 35.972022/23: 31.85 · 28 pupils · North West 31.932023/24: 25.56 · 30 pupils · North West 32.72024/25: 30.48 · 8 pupils · North West 32.931.8521.9No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
25 of 25 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2525
2nd5810
3rd512

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2024

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2017Goodas predecessor
  5. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 2024Inadequateas predecessor

0 strong areas

5 weak areas

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

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026547
Free school meals (past 6 years)38.8%
First language not English5.8%
SEN support19.6%
EHC plan10.8%
Absence (sessions missed)13.5%
Persistently absent pupils36.5%

Girls 48.2%Boys 51.8%

80% full · 684 places · 60 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher12.9
Pupils per adult8.9
  • Classroom teachers 35.6
  • Leadership 6.8
  • Teaching assistants 16.1
  • Other support 8.1

Teachers 42.4 FTE · Whole workforce 66.6 · 76 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 5 months.

  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£233,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST (11 academies) · trust reserve £6,306,000 · 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

119 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained88.2%
  • Education83.2%
  • Apprenticeship3.4%
  • Employment1.7%
  • Not sustained6.7%
  • Unknown5%

After sixth form (16–18)

40 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained82.5%
  • Education55%
  • Higher education50%
  • Apprenticeship2.5%
  • Employment25%
  • Not sustained15%
  • Unknown2.5%