Alsop High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,336 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.2
Academy sponsor led
Dixons Fazakerley Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 737of 1,012 places
- Free school meals
- 49.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 145
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 24 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Fazakerley High School (URN 104692, until 30 June 2021).
What the data says
Dixons Fazakerley Academy has no sixth form. Of the 160 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 54% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 33.4 against 46.1 across England and 42.1 in Liverpool, with 20% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% 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 Liverpool and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Dixons Fazakerley Academy | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 160 | 5,186 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 79% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 17% | 46% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 54% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 9% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dixons Fazakerley Academy | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 33.4 | 42.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 59% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.92 | 3.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 46% | 41% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 24.9 | 32.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.8 | 49.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 142 | 98% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 52% |
| Mathematics | 142 | 98% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 51% |
| English Literature | 129 | 89% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 127 | 88% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 39% |
| History | 82 | 57% | 41% | 2% | 26% | 43% |
| Spanish | 48 | 33% | 19% | 8% | 27% | 31% |
| Geography | 44 | 30% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 27% |
| French | 39 | 27% | 18% | 10% | 29% | 33% |
| Art and Design | 34 | 23% | 7% | 9% | 24% | 62% |
| Design and Technology | 31 | 21% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 10% |
| Physical Education | 30 | 21% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 40% |
| Sociology | 27 | 19% | 4% | 0% | 21% | 59% |
| Biology | 4 | 3% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Portuguese | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Statistics | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Psychology | 2 | 1% | 3% | — | 22% | — |
| Physics | 2 | 1% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 50 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 32 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 19 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 7 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Liverpool
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,142 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,179 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.0
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Academy converter · sixth form · 955 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
Broughton Hall Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,175 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.2
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.