St Margaret's Church of England Academy

School overview

St Margaret's Church of England Academy is a boys' secondary school serving Liverpool, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 964 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Margaret's Church of England Academy 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 49.6, above the national average of 46. That is down 0.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 31% of secondary schools nationally.

54% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 74% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 76% of the families who made St Margaret's Church of England Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.1%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.