Secondary · L17 · Liverpool

St Margaret's Church of England Academy

Aigburth Road, Liverpool, L17 6AB

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THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)93%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 49.6
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils1000

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 9 Jun 2024.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (3 Nov 2021).

  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in L17. Where we have them, council (Liverpool) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1000
Free school meals
25.6%
1.8% below district average (27.4%)

Also: Liverpool 32.8% · England 25.8%

SEN
25.2%
7% below district average (32.2%)

Also: Liverpool 21.2% · England 16.5%

EAL
21.3%
6.5% above district average (14.8%)
Attendance
93% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.2% below district average (93.2%)

Also: Liverpool 90.8% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the L17 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

17.4%

4.5% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

-0.10

0.10 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

49.6

3.5 above England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

54.4%

9% above England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

73.7%

8.9% above England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

14%

26.5% below England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.02

0.1 below England (4.09)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 136 families put this school first. 104 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
136
First-preference offers
104
First preferences offered a place
76.5%
Total offers
186
Named on any preference
580

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1050
Pupils on roll
1000

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Liverpool page.

SEN support

SEN %
25.2%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near St Margaret's Church of England Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in L17 · Schools in Liverpool

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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