St Anselm's College
About the school
St Anselm's College is a state-funded grammar school in North West England.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 19 March 2025
- Published
- 12 May 2025
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 57.2
- Wirral
- 45.3
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Wirral
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 75.50%
- Wirral
- 44.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 93.70%
- Wirral
- 62.00%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 47.20%
- Wirral
- 38.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 5.15
- Wirral
- 3.96
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B-
Average A-level points
- School
- 37.72
AAB or better
- School
- 21.80%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
985
Girls
0.00%
Boys
100.00%
SEN support
3.35%
Education, health and care plan
1.12%
English as an additional language
8.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
13.96%
Overall absence
5.32
Persistent absence
10.97
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
156
Sustained education or employment
96%
Education
89%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
4%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
100
Sustained education or employment
93%
Higher education
77%
Further education
0%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
12%
Admissions
Founded in 1933, the school was in recent years granted Technology College and then Academy status, in cooperation with Upton Hall School, the local Catholic girls' school. The school used its specialist school status as an opportunity to improve some teaching facilities and broaden aspects of the curriculum.