Community special school

Clifford Holroyde Sen College

Boys · ages 11–16Liverpool, North West · Liverpool L14 7NXSchool website
Pupils on roll
75of 75 places
Free school meals
89.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
11
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 11 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 11 pupils who finished Year 11 at Clifford Holroyde Sen College in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

45% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Clifford Holroyde Sen College is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 5.7, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Liverpool and England.

This school
Liverpool
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolLiverpoolEngland
Pupils in the cohort115,186607,348
Any sustained destination36%88%92%
Stayed in education36%83%86%
— school sixth form0%46%34%
— sixth form college0%5%13%
— further education college36%30%37%
— other education0%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination45%8%6%
Destination unknown18%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolLiverpoolEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)5.742.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%38%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%57%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%36%41%
EBacc average point score0.463.644.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort100%41%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils5.732.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%17%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language23100%89%0%20%0%
Combined Science17100%65%0%9%0%
Mathematics16100%88%0%22%13%
English Literature11100%86%0%21%0%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1091%8%0%21%0%
Fine Art218%9%28%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)3

Other secondary schools in Liverpool

Alsop High School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,336 pupils

77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.2

Calderstones School

Community school · sixth form · 1,592 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.