All Saints Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,129 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.6
Academy sponsor led
Lord Derby Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,076of 1,100 places
- Free school meals
- 56.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 204
- Ofsted
- Good, 27 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Huyton Arts & Sports Centre for Learning (Community) (URN 135476, until 20 November 2013).
What the data says
Lord Derby Academy has no sixth form. Of the 201 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 10% moved to a sixth form college, 60% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 73% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.9 against 46.1 across England and 34.4 in Knowsley, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Lord Derby Academy | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 201 | 1,132 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 82% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 73% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 10% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 60% | 50% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 5% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 12% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 6% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lord Derby Academy | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.9 | 34.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 25% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 44% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 73% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.68 | 2.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 45% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.3 | 29.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.5 | 40.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 202 | 99% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 61% |
| English Literature | 202 | 99% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 59% |
| English Language | 201 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 179 | 88% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 45% |
| History | 154 | 75% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 53% |
| Spanish | 148 | 73% | 19% | 9% | 27% | 46% |
| Geography | 58 | 28% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 47% |
| Art and Design | 50 | 25% | 7% | 14% | 24% | 60% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 39 | 19% | 8% | 21% | 21% | 74% |
| Design and Technology | 35 | 17% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 63% |
| Business Studies | 31 | 15% | 18% | 3% | 20% | 29% |
| Statistics | 29 | 14% | 5% | 10% | 20% | 97% |
| Biology | 24 | 12% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 92% |
| Physics | 23 | 11% | 23% | 26% | 46% | 78% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 11% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 91% |
| Textiles | 21 | 10% | 2% | 14% | 27% | 48% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 8% | 13% | 6% | 30% | 31% |
| Physical Education | 13 | 6% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 85% |
| Photography | 11 | 5% | 6% | 9% | 19% | 64% |
| Drama | 10 | 5% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| French | 8 | 4% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 63% |
| Dance | 8 | 4% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| Religious Studies | 5 | 2% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 34 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 13 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 6 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Knowsley
Halewood Academy
Academy converter · 1,131 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Kirkby High School
Academy sponsor led · 1,042 pupils
71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.4
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.