The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool

In 2026, pupils at The Academy of St Francis of Assisi averaged an Attainment 8 score of 32.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

23% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Liverpool and 47% in England.

That is down from 35.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.76: 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 29.3, against 39.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 98 families put The Academy of St Francis of Assisi as their first choice and 255 named it as one of their preferences, for 169 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Academy of St Francis of Assisi are Marydale Lodge Sch (0.7 miles); West Derby School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 37.5); North Liverpool Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.5); and King's Leadership Academy Wavertree (1.1 miles).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than The Academy of St Francis of Assisi.

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

Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 78% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college and 2% into work.

58.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 50.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (34%), Black (24%) and other ethnic groups (14%).

In 2026, 220 pupils (25.2%) received SEN support and 79 (9%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Edge Hill Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Penlinken Drive (opposite), 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Academy of St Francis of Assisi stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 774 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, drug offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Academy of St Francis of Assisi issued 577 suspensions, 64.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Academy of St Francis of Assisi are St Michael's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), New Park Primary School (0.4 miles), St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.