The Academy of St Nicholas
- Secondary
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages 11 to 19
- Roman Catholic/Church of England
URN 136119 · Liverpool · THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST
Inspection
Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.
Latest graded inspection
6 December 2022Overall effectiveness
Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Earlier graded inspection
8 May 2019Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.
Attendance
Against Liverpool and England, secondary schools.
Overall absence
2024/2511.7%
- Liverpool
- 9.7%
- England
- 8.4%
3.3 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 8.4% | 6.2% | 5.5% |
| 2018/19 | 7.6% | 6.1% | 5.5% |
| 2020/21 | 11.3% | 6.3% | 5.5% |
| 2021/22 | 13.7% | 10.5% | 9.0% |
| 2022/23 | 14.4% | 10.6% | 9.0% |
| 2023/24 | 15.0% | 10.5% | 8.9% |
| 2024/25 | 11.7% | 9.7% | 8.4% |
Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Persistent absence
2024/2536.6%
- Liverpool
- 27.0%
- England
- 23.4%
13.2 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 26.8% | 16.7% | 13.9% |
| 2018/19 | 20.7% | 15.5% | 13.7% |
| 2020/21 | 31.2% | 17.8% | 14.8% |
| 2021/22 | 42.9% | 32.0% | 27.7% |
| 2022/23 | 43.7% | 30.3% | 26.5% |
| 2023/24 | 39.7% | 29.4% | 25.6% |
| 2024/25 | 36.6% | 27.0% | 23.4% |
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Severe absence
2024/258.1%
- Liverpool
- 5.0%
- England
- 3.9%
4.2 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 3.2% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| 2018/19 | 3.3% | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| 2020/21 | 4.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| 2021/22 | 7.0% | 4.2% | 2.7% |
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 5.1% | 3.4% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 5.7% | 3.8% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 5.0% | 3.9% |
Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions
Against Liverpool and England, secondary schools.
Suspensions per 100 pupils
2024/2565.69
- Liverpool
- 32.90
- England
- 21.24
44.45 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 21.57 | 6.29 | 10.13 |
| 2018/19 | 22.22 | 7.33 | 10.75 |
| 2019/20 | 20.84 | 7.33 | 7.43 |
| 2020/21 | 12.24 | 6.10 | 8.48 |
| 2021/22 | 22.29 | 16.89 | 13.96 |
| 2022/23 | 36.85 | 26.26 | 18.90 |
| 2023/24 | 55.48 | 31.58 | 22.61 |
| 2024/25 | 65.69 | 32.90 | 21.24 |
Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
2024/250.43
- Liverpool
- 0.51
- England
- 0.23
0.20 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.20 |
| 2018/19 | 0.69 | 0.25 | 0.20 |
| 2019/20 | 0.76 | 0.22 | 0.13 |
| 2020/21 | 0.61 | 0.13 | 0.10 |
| 2021/22 | 0.83 | 0.24 | 0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 1.00 | 0.41 | 0.22 |
| 2023/24 | 0.62 | 0.45 | 0.25 |
| 2024/25 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.23 |
Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Key stage 4 results
Against Liverpool and England, secondary schools.
Attainment 8
2025/26 (provisional)35.2
- Liverpool
- 43.4
- England
- 47.4
12.2 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 46.7 | 49.8 |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 43.1 | 47.2 |
| 2023/24 | 27.8 | 42.6 | 46.9 |
| 2024/25 | 29.4 | 43.4 | 47.1 |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 35.2 | 43.4 | 47.4 |
The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 4 or above
2025/26 (provisional)45%
- Liverpool
- 57%
- England
- 66%
21 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 64% | 70% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 58% | 67% |
| 2023/24 | 29% | 58% | 67% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 59% | 66% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 45% | 57% | 66% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 5 or above
2025/26 (provisional)21%
- Liverpool
- 39%
- England
- 48%
27 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 45% | 51% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 38% | 46% |
| 2023/24 | 17% | 39% | 47% |
| 2024/25 | 20% | 40% | 47% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 21% | 39% | 48% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
Pupils
Against Liverpool and England, secondary schools.
Eligible for free school meals
2024/2556.3%
- Liverpool
- 32.8%
- England
- 25.8%
30.5 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 57.5% | 30.7% | 20.9% |
| 2022/23 | 60.8% | 31.6% | 22.7% |
| 2023/24 | 56.9% | 32.1% | 24.1% |
| 2024/25 | 56.3% | 32.8% | 25.8% |
Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
SEN support
2024/2522.8%
- Liverpool
- 17.4%
- England
- 13.4%
9.4 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 23.8% | 15.2% | 11.9% |
| 2022/23 | 21.8% | 16.1% | 12.4% |
| 2023/24 | 20.1% | 16.8% | 12.9% |
| 2024/25 | 22.8% | 17.4% | 13.4% |
Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Education, health and care plan
2024/253.3%
- Liverpool
- 3.8%
- England
- 3.1%
0.2 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| 2022/23 | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| 2023/24 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2.7% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 3.8% | 3.1% |
Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
First language other than English
2024/2534.3%
- Liverpool
- 18.3%
- England
- 19.2%
15.1 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 24.9% | 14.7% | 17.5% |
| 2022/23 | 28.2% | 15.9% | 18.1% |
| 2023/24 | 31.9% | 17.3% | 18.6% |
| 2024/25 | 34.3% | 18.3% | 19.2% |
Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Teachers
Against Liverpool and England, secondary schools.
Pupils per qualified teacher
2025/2615.8
- Liverpool
- 16.4
- England
- 17.3
1.5 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 16.9 | 15.3 | 16.5 |
| 2018/19 | 16.6 | 15.5 | 16.8 |
| 2019/20 | 17.8 | 16.5 | 17.2 |
| 2020/21 | 17.9 | 16.8 | 17.1 |
| 2021/22 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 17.1 |
| 2022/23 | 18.0 | 16.6 | 17.2 |
| 2023/24 | 20.9 | 17.0 | 17.4 |
| 2024/25 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 17.3 |
| 2025/26 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 17.3 |
Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.
Teacher sickness absence
2024/253.8 days
- Liverpool
- 5.7 days
- England
- 5.0 days
1.2 days lower than England.
Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.
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| Year | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 4.6 days | 4.0 days | 4.0 days |
| 2018/19 | 0.0 days | 4.2 days | 4.0 days |
| 2019/20 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 2020/21 | 0.0 days | 4.7 days | 3.9 days |
| 2021/22 | 10.9 days | 6.7 days | 6.3 days |
| 2022/23 | 6.9 days | 5.7 days | 5.2 days |
| 2023/24 | 3.9 days | 6.1 days | 5.3 days |
| 2024/25 | 3.8 days | 5.7 days | 5.0 days |
Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.
Finance
Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.
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About the school
- Pupils on roll
- 841
- Capacity
- 1,080
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic/Church of England
- Trust
- THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Opened
- 1 September 2010
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Constituency
- Liverpool Garston
- Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
- Decile 5 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)
Address: 51 Horrocks Avenue, Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, L19 5NY
Website: www.theacademyofstnicholas.org.uk
Telephone: 01512302570
Sources and corrections
Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
- Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))
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