St John Bosco Arts College

Type Secondary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Storrington Avenue
Croxteth
Merseyside
L11 9DQ
Phone 01513305142
Reference Number 104715

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1063
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 1.88%
Girls: 98.12%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 42.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 10.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 Unknown 187 187
8 Unknown 179 179
9 Unknown 177 177
10 Unknown 175 175
11 Unknown 172 172
12 11 68 79
13 9 85 94

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83%
White, Other 5.8%
African 2.9%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Asian, Other 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.3%
White & Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-01-28
Date Description Report
2021-12-07 School inspection: School inspection:
2016-11-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-05-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-11-09 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-05-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-04-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-02-24 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
39.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 29% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 42% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 24.94 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 24.36 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade D+ C C+
Average Grade (best 3) D+ C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 7.7% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 83 17
Third Preference 64 3
From another Local Authority 50 23

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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