Archbishop Beck Catholic College, Liverpool

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Archbishop Beck Catholic College on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 4 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a highly inclusive post-16 provision where students thrive."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders promote the importance of regular attendance."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise the needs of pupils who face barriers to their learning."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are ambitious for all pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that the personal development programme is broad, coherently planned and well matched to the school's context."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' attainment and progress are uneven across year groups and subjects."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Pupils' experiences of teaching are not consistent across the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that teachers use assessment information effectively to identify and address gaps, errors and misconceptions in pupils' knowledge. • Leaders should ensure that pupils develop secure foundational knowledge and skills in language and communication across the curriculum. • Leaders should further develop and sustain a culture where the importance of high attendance is promoted and celebrated to ensure high attendance is achieved for all".

In 2026, pupils at Archbishop Beck Catholic College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

34% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Liverpool and 47% in England.

That is down from 41.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.83: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 32.2, against 44.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 326 families put Archbishop Beck Catholic College as their first choice and 729 named it as one of their preferences, for 187 places offered. That is 1.7 first choices for every place. 146 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Archbishop Beck Catholic College are Alsop High School (1.2 miles); Alsop High School (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 33.1); Dixons Fazakerley Academy (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.9); and King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.7).

Archbishop Beck Catholic College's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

117 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Archbishop Beck Catholic College (as of April 2026): 75% would recommend the school, 79% say their child is happy there and 36% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (79%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (36%).

Of the 187 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 130 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 49% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 26% into work. 2% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

4.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 288 pupils (25.2%) received SEN support and 59 (5.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Orrell Park Rail Station, about 800 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hartley Avenue (adjacent), 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, Archbishop Beck Catholic College issued 269 suspensions, 23.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Archbishop Beck Catholic College are Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles), Longmoor Community Primary School (0.3 miles), Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles) and Barlows Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.