St Hilda's Church of England High School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school Liverpool·L17 3AL
Composite score
64.8
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#720
National rank
#76
In North West
#6
In Liverpool
Top 23%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
51.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
65%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
78%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
4.49

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
52%
269 first choices, 152 places
First choices per place
1.77
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,197
any preference, for 152 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.522.5
1 per place
1.7120221.8920231.6720241.6420251.772026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Liverpool does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Hilda's Church of England High School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,132
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
7.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
15.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,158
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
98%
171 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
95%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

St Hilda's Church of England High School at a glance

Located in Liverpool, St Hilda's Church of England High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 1,132 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 51.8 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.4 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 23% of secondary schools nationally.

65% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 78% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. St Hilda's Church of England High School is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 269 first choices for 152 places. After Year 11, 98% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 15.5 pupils per teacher. St Hilda's Church of England High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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