The Academy of St Nicholas, Liverpool

In 2026, pupils at The Academy of St Nicholas averaged an Attainment 8 score of 35.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

21% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Liverpool and 47% in England.

That is up from 29.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.27: 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 29.8, against 42.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 74 families put The Academy of St Nicholas as their first choice and 152 named it as one of their preferences, for 163 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 Nicholas are St Julie's Catholic High School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.2); St Margaret's Church of England Academy (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.7); St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy (2 miles, Attainment 8 37.8); and Calderstones School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.9).

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

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

Of the 114 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 112 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 39% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 2% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

50.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 34% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (53%), Black (13%) and other ethnic groups (12%).

In 2026, 215 pupils (25.6%) received SEN support and 30 (3.6%) 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 Liverpool South Parkway Rail Station, about 330 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hamlin Road (adjacent), 230 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 167 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342).

In 2024/25, The Academy of St Nicholas issued 607 suspensions, 65.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Academy of St Nicholas are Garston Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles), Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles), Banks Road Primary School (0.5 miles) and Springwood Heath Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.