St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

WirralLocal Authority

WallaseyConstituency

CH45 3LNPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Wirral, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,073 pupils. St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy is part of Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 23 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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 Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 33.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 17.2%
EBacc average point score: 2.55

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,073

Total Pupils

59%Boys

41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

46%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,073
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
20 Dec 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
19 Nov 2019	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.