Alsop High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,336 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.2
Academy sponsor led
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
- Pupils on roll
- 873of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 58.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 164
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 24 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Academy of St Francis of Assisi (URN 101857, until 1 January 2016).
What the data says
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi has no sixth form. Of the 170 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 28% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
12% 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 35.8 against 46.1 across England and 42.1 in Liverpool, with 23% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 94% of the year group took it, against 31% 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 Liverpool and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 170 | 5,186 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 79% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 35% | 46% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 12% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 28% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 35.8 | 42.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 17% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.09 | 3.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 59% | 41% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.6 | 32.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.6 | 49.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 46% | 17% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 163 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 50% |
| English Language | 163 | 99% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 52% |
| English Literature | 155 | 95% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 57% |
| Religious Studies | 154 | 94% | 31% | 18% | 32% | 51% |
| Combined Science | 123 | 75% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 36% |
| History | 65 | 40% | 41% | 32% | 26% | 69% |
| Computer Science | 46 | 28% | 13% | 11% | 30% | 54% |
| Business Studies | 44 | 27% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| Geography | 38 | 23% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 32% |
| Biology | 36 | 22% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 83% |
| Physics | 34 | 21% | 23% | 24% | 46% | 71% |
| Chemistry | 34 | 21% | 23% | 32% | 47% | 85% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 34 | 21% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 9% |
| French | 19 | 12% | 18% | 16% | 29% | 63% |
| Physical Education | 19 | 12% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 16% |
| Fine Art | 18 | 11% | 9% | 17% | 28% | 56% |
| Drama | 12 | 7% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| Textiles | 11 | 7% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| Spanish | 7 | 4% | 19% | 57% | 27% | 86% |
| Arabic | 6 | 4% | 1% | 100% | 47% | 100% |
| Turkish | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Portuguese | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Italian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 27 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Liverpool
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,142 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,179 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.0
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Academy converter · sixth form · 955 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
Broughton Hall Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,175 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.2
Calderstones School
Community school · sixth form · 1,592 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
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.