Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
About the school
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy is an open secondary school in Knowsley.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 17 April 2024
- Published
- 16 May 2024
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 30.2
- Knowsley
- 34.4
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Knowsley
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 11.30%
- Knowsley
- 24.70%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 34.60%
- Knowsley
- 44.20%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 29.30%
- Knowsley
- 28.50%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.46
- Knowsley
- 2.89
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
757
Girls
49.41%
Boys
50.59%
SEN support
20.34%
Education, health and care plan
3.17%
English as an additional language
10.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
50.20%
Overall absence
16.18
Persistent absence
47.77
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
131
Sustained education or employment
84%
Education
76%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
9%