All Saints Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,129 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.6
Academy special sponsor led
Finch Woods Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 88of 92 places
- Free school meals
- 84.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 20
- Ofsted
- Report card, 10 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Highfield School (URN 104496, until 18 June 2014).
What the data says
Finch Woods Academy has no sixth form. Of the 25 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 32% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
32% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 1.8 against 46.1 across England and 34.4 in Knowsley, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Finch Woods Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Knowsley and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Finch Woods Academy | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 25 | 1,132 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 44% | 82% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 40% | 73% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 32% | 50% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 5% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 32% | 12% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 24% | 6% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Finch Woods Academy | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 1.8 | 34.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 25% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 44% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.08 | 2.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 80% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 29.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 40.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 5% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 6 | 30% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 0% |
| Biology | 4 | 20% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Mathematics | 4 | 20% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
Other secondary schools in Knowsley
Halewood Academy
Academy converter · 1,131 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Kirkby High School
Academy sponsor led · 1,042 pupils
71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.4
Lord Derby Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,076 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.9
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Academy sponsor led · 730 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 30.2
The Prescot School
Academy converter · 915 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.