St Margaret's Church of England Academy, Liverpool

In 2026, pupils at St Margaret's Church of England Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

53% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Liverpool and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 49.6.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.1: pupils made about 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 40.5, against 51.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 136 families put St Margaret's Church of England Academy as their first choice and 580 named it as one of their preferences, for 186 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 32 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Margaret's Church of England Academy are Liverpool College (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 50.6); King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.3); St Hilda's Church of England High School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6); and Bellerive FCJ Catholic College (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8).

St Margaret's Church of England Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

St Margaret's Church of England Academy is one of 11 schools run by The Liverpool Joint Catholic and Church of England Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 184 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 85 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 13% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 240 pupils (24%) received SEN support and 30 (3%) 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 Aigburth Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brabant Road (opposite), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Margaret's Church of England Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 148 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and drug offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342).

In 2024/25, St Margaret's Church of England Academy issued 161 suspensions, 16.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Margaret's Church of England Academy are Sudley Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St Austin's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles), St Charles' Catholic Academy (0.9 miles) and Booker Avenue Junior School (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.