Performance Tables

Overview

Our students should be very proud of their achievements. They have worked with determination and have shown huge resilience in their studies. We are incredibly proud of everyone involved. Students and staff have worked tirelessly to achieve these results.

Please follow this link to access GCSE results of pupils at the end of KS4 attending state-funded schools in England at national & LA level:

Key stage 4 performance

Given the uneven impact of the pandemic on school and college performance data, the government has said you should not make direct comparisons between the performance data for one school or college and another, or to data from previous years.

KS4 Outcomes 2026 (provisional)

KS4 Measure	Sacred Heart Catholic Academy	Sefton Local Authority
Attainment 8	44.9	43
Basics 5+ (% of pupils achieving a grade 5 or better in both English and Mathematics)	49.6	39
Ebacc Average Points Score	3.82	3.56
Percentage of students registered for Ebacc	22.6	32.8

KS4 Outcomes 2025 (validated)

KS4 Measure	Sacred Heart Catholic Academy	Sefton Local Authority
Attainment 8	42.4	41.7
Basics 5+ (% of pupils achieving a grade 5 or better in both English and Mathematics)	38.2%	37.2%
Ebacc Average Points Score	3.50	3.61

Pupil destinations 2024-25

	2022 (Sefton)	2023 (Sefton)	2024
Meeting duty to participate	98.4% (97.1%)	96.4% (96.6%)	93.4% - as of end Sept
Not meeting duty to participate	1% (2.2%)	3.1% (3%)	0.5% - as of end Sept
Temporary break from learning	0.5% (0.3%)	0.5% (0.2%)
Working towards participation	0% (0.2%)	0% (0.2%)	5.7% - as of end Sept

Year 13 student destinations 2024-25

1 external student in Year 13

60% - University (100% of those that applied got into either firm or insurance choice)

16% - other/employment

24% - unsure