Notre Dame Catholic Academy
Liverpool, L5 5AF · Liverpool · secondary school
27th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool we can score, 32 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 0.7/10 against 383 of them, against 0.4/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 21.5 · 5 | 45% | 0.22 |
| Ofsted | 5 | 40% | 0.22 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 31.0 · 2 | 15% | 0.03 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 21.5% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 31.0, against a national median of 44.6. Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in May 2022. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (0.7 out of 10 against similar schools, 0.4 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Diversity Group, Eco Club, Ideas Club, Chess, Games Club, NCS, and DofE Award, or play football and handball.
Getting in. The school has 991 pupils in a capacity of 1050, leaving 59 spare places. This means the school has a little room, but is fairly full.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who fall below the national median in Attainment 8? What specific steps have been taken since the 2022 inspection to address the "Requires improvement" rating? How do the named clubs integrate with the curriculum to support broader development?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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