All Saints Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,129 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.6
Academy sponsor led
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 730of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 48.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 133
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 17 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School (URN 135481, until 1 May 2021).
What the data says
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy has no sixth form. Of the 131 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 18% moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 30.2 against 46.1 across England and 34.4 in Knowsley, with 11% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Music is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | This school | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 131 | 1,132 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 82% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 73% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 18% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 50% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 5% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 12% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 6% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 30.2 | 34.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 11% | 25% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% | 44% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.46 | 2.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 45% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 26.0 | 29.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 33.7 | 40.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 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 | 126 | 95% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 60% |
| Mathematics | 125 | 94% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 38% |
| Combined Science | 125 | 94% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 25% |
| Religious Studies | 124 | 93% | 31% | 6% | 32% | 29% |
| English Literature | 122 | 92% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 62% |
| Geography | 69 | 52% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 38% |
| History | 59 | 44% | 41% | 2% | 26% | 27% |
| French | 43 | 32% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| Fine Art | 34 | 26% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 82% |
| Music | 27 | 20% | 5% | 4% | 33% | 74% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 12% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 0% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 34 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Tourism | 6 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 1 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 1 | — | — |
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
Lord Derby Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,076 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.9
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.