Secondary
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
Gardners Drive, Kensington, Liverpool, L6 7UR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 873 of 900 places
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
23%
35.8
36th of 40 by our score, among the secondary schools in Liverpool we can score - 59 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.09 |
| Entered the EBacc | 17% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 28% |
| 22/23 | 21% |
| 23/24 | 19% |
| 24/25 | 23% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.59 |
| 22/23 | -0.74 |
| 23/24 | -0.76 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.7 |
| 22/23 | 31.6 |
| 23/24 | 33.0 |
| 24/25 | 35.8 |
Gardners Drive, Kensington, Liverpool, L6 7UR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Liverpool admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Teresa Bleasdale
- Address
- Gardners Drive, Kensington, Liverpool, L6 7UR
- Telephone
- 01512607600