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Kirkby High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Bracknell Avenue, Kirkby, Liverpool L32 9PP · kirkbyhighschool.net · 0151 477 8710
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 31.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Knowsley 34.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,042
- 42 over 1,000 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 59.2%
- First language not English
- 7.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 158 families put the school first and 195 places were offered; 95% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 195 | 158 | 0.8 | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 200 | 158 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 202 | 181 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 224 | 153 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 216 | 152 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 31.4, and 20% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Knowsley it was 34.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼31.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼20.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼37.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼10.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.55 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.6 | +0.5 |
| Sixth form college | 12.7 | −2 |
| Further education | 54.3 | +6.7 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | +0.4 |
| Employment | 2.5 | −5.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12.7 | −3 |
| Activity not captured | 10.7 | +3.9 |
Ofsted
Kirkby High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 July 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 12 Jul 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 60%
- Replies
- 30
- 3% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 97% who raised concerns
based on the 60% who had a child bullied