The Academy of St Nicholas

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-19
Religion Roman Catholic/Church of England
Address 51 Horrocks Avenue
Garston
Liverpool
Merseyside
L19 5NY
Phone 01512302570
Reference Number 136119

General Makeup

Number of pupils 968
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.69%
Girls: 47.31%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 56%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 32.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 80 98 178
8 80 85 165
9 73 54 127
10 79 63 142
11 67 52 119
12 74 68 142
13 57 38 95

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 55.3%
White, Other 7.9%
African 7.9%
Mixed, Other 4.2%
Asian, Other 3.4%
Unclassified 1.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.5%
Chinese 1.1%
White & Black (African) 1%
White & Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 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 2023-01-27
Date Description Report
2022-12-06 School inspection: School inspection:
2022-03-30 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2019-05-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-11-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-05-24 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-12-09 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-07-09 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-03-09 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-12-16 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-09-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-10-09 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-11-03 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

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)
27.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 16.7% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 23.7% 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 16.2 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 14.17 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade D- C C+
Average Grade (best 3) E+ C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 0% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 28 8
Third Preference 24 7
From another Local Authority 3 0

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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