Upton Hall School FCJ

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Upton
Wirral
Merseyside
CH49 6LJ
Phone 01516777696
Reference Number 137929

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1009
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 0.69%
Girls: 99.31%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 8.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 Unknown 161 161
8 Unknown 160 160
9 Unknown 155 155
10 Unknown 156 156
11 Unknown 159 159
12 2 105 107
13 5 106 111

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83.7%
Indian 4.3%
Mixed, Other 2.5%
White, Other 2.3%
Asian, Other 1.4%
Unclassified 1.3%
White & Asian 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
African 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2022-09-22
Date Description Report
2022-06-28 School inspection: School inspection:
2012-08-10 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Upton Hall School FCJ
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2009-01-21 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-10-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-02-12 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2009-01-21 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-10-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-02-12 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)
68.2 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 89.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 97.5% 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 40.13 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 40.59 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 20.9% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 120 2
Third Preference 36 0
From another Local Authority 53 14

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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Name Distance
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0.33 miles
Overchurch Infant School
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0.33 miles
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0.46 miles
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0.62 miles
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1.37 miles
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0.91 miles
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0.91 miles
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1.34 miles
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1.85 miles
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1.93 miles
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1.98 miles
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2.06 miles
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2.13 miles
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2.66 miles
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2.86 miles
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