All Saints Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,129 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.6
Academy sponsor led
Kirkby High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,042of 1,000 places
- Free school meals
- 59.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 185
- Ofsted
- Good, 12 July 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kirkby Sports College Centre for Learning (URN 135478, until 7 August 2013).
What the data says
Kirkby High School has no sixth form. Of the 158 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 54% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 31.4 against 46.1 across England and 34.4 in Knowsley, with 20% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
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 Knowsley and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Kirkby High School | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 158 | 1,132 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 78% | 82% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 71% | 73% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 12% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 54% | 50% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 5% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 12% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 9% | 6% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kirkby High School | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 31.4 | 34.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% | 25% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% | 44% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 11% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.55 | 2.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 63% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 26.4 | 29.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.1 | 40.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 5% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 184 | 99% | 89% | 4% | 20% | 46% |
| Mathematics | 183 | 99% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 45% |
| English Literature | 175 | 95% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 164 | 89% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 26% |
| History | 120 | 65% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 33% |
| Art and Design | 55 | 30% | 7% | 13% | 24% | 80% |
| Geography | 43 | 23% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 16% |
| Religious Studies | 35 | 19% | 31% | 6% | 32% | 46% |
| Spanish | 35 | 19% | 19% | 9% | 27% | 31% |
| Design and Technology | 26 | 14% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 8% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 19 | 10% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 47% |
| Drama | 18 | 10% | 7% | 6% | 27% | 39% |
| Biology | 17 | 9% | 23% | 35% | 45% | 94% |
| Physics | 16 | 9% | 23% | 31% | 46% | 94% |
| Music | 16 | 9% | 5% | 6% | 33% | 19% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 9% | 23% | 56% | 47% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 8% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 29% |
| Dance | 8 | 4% | 1% | 13% | 27% | 50% |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 11 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 7 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
Where Kirkby High School is
Other secondary schools in Knowsley are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Knowsley’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Knowsley
Halewood Academy
Academy converter · 1,131 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Lord Derby Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,076 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.9
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Academy sponsor led · 730 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 30.2
The Prescot School
Academy converter · 915 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.5
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.