All Saints Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,129 pupils
69% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.6
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The Prescot School
- Pupils on roll
- 915of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 52.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 146
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 8 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Prescot School (URN 135477, until 1 May 2016).
What the data says
The Prescot School has no sixth form. Of the 158 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 15% moved to a sixth form college, 55% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
16% 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 35.5 against 46.1 across England and 34.4 in Knowsley, with 23% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
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 | The Prescot School | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 158 | 1,132 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 80% | 82% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 73% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 6% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 15% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 55% | 50% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 5% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 16% | 12% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 6% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Prescot School | Knowsley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.5 | 34.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 25% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% | 44% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 25% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.90 | 2.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 56% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.3 | 29.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 38.2 | 40.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 145 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 57% |
| Mathematics | 145 | 99% | 88% | 3% | 22% | 50% |
| English Literature | 135 | 92% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 44% |
| Combined Science | 124 | 85% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 28% |
| Geography | 68 | 47% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 31% |
| History | 60 | 41% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 32% |
| Photography | 47 | 32% | 6% | 17% | 19% | 81% |
| Drama | 35 | 24% | 7% | 14% | 27% | 83% |
| Art and Design | 30 | 21% | 7% | 20% | 24% | 87% |
| Design and Technology | 25 | 17% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 16% |
| Spanish | 20 | 14% | 19% | 15% | 27% | 50% |
| Biology | 17 | 12% | 23% | 6% | 45% | 65% |
| Physical Education | 15 | 10% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 47% |
| French | 15 | 10% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 93% |
| Textiles | 14 | 10% | 2% | 21% | 27% | 93% |
| Physics | 13 | 9% | 23% | 15% | 46% | 77% |
| Religious Studies | 13 | 9% | 31% | 8% | 32% | 69% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 9% | 23% | 23% | 47% | 85% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 8% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 42% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 2 | 1% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 34 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 27 | — | — |
| Tourism | 25 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 19 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 11 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 9 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
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
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.