St Edward's College
Sandfield Park, Liverpool, L12 1LF
1,150 pupils · 112% of 1,028 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE LAETARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 December 2024, published 13 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 62.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 81.7% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 58.3% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Heavily oversubscribed — 2.25 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 159 | 357 | 1,119 | 159 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 167 | 290 | 989 | 167 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 181 | 304 | 995 | 181 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 169 | 395 | 1,144 | 169 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 168 | 420 | 1,194 | 168 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 167 | 445 | 1,119 | 167 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 170 | 401 | 1,079 | 170 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 169 | 386 | 1,087 | 169 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Holly Lodge Girls' College 0.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- West Derby School 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 1.4 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Broughton Hall Catholic High School 1.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy 1.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
- The Academy of St Francis of Assisi 2.4 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.