St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
About the school
St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy is an open secondary school in Wirral.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 27 January 2026
- Published
- 23 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
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
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Requires improvement
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 33.2
- 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
- 17.20%
- Wirral
- 44.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 34.80%
- Wirral
- 62.00%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 17.20%
- Wirral
- 38.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.55
- Wirral
- 3.96
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- D+
Average A-level points
- School
- 22.56
AAB or better
- School
- 0.00%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1124
Girls
40.84%
Boys
59.16%
SEN support
15.93%
Education, health and care plan
6.49%
English as an additional language
3.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
48.13%
Overall absence
12.89
Persistent absence
37.58
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
176
Sustained education or employment
86%
Education
77%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
11%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
77
Sustained education or employment
82%
Higher education
44%
Further education
6%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
25%