Community special school

Childwall Abbey School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formLiverpool, North West · Liverpool L16 5EYSchool website
Pupils on roll
216of 130 places
Free school meals
60.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
31
Ofsted
School remains Good, 3 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 28 pupils who finished Year 11 at Childwall Abbey School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Childwall Abbey School’s own sixth form (Liverpool average 46%), 39% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

11% 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.

Childwall Abbey School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 2.6, 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.

Childwall Abbey School
Liverpool
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureChildwall Abbey SchoolLiverpoolEngland
Pupils in the cohort285,186607,348
Any sustained destination79%88%92%
Stayed in education79%83%86%
— school sixth form0%46%34%
— sixth form college0%5%13%
— further education college39%30%37%
— other education39%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination11%8%6%
Destination unknown11%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureChildwall Abbey SchoolLiverpoolEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)2.642.146.1
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 score0.203.644.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort71%41%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils3.032.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils1.649.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language7%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
Combined Science1342%65%0%9%0%
English Language1032%89%0%20%0%
Art and Design826%7%0%24%0%
Mathematics723%88%0%22%0%
Music310%5%33%
History13%41%26%

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.