School Data

Holy Family Catholic High School

Secondary Local authority maintained school in Liverpool L23 4UL

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  • School Reference Number: 104962
  • Address: Virgins Lane, Thornton, Liverpool L23 4UL
  • Headteacher: Mr Matthew Symes
  • Telephone: 0151 924 6451
  • Website: holyfamilyhighschool.co.uk
  • Type: Local authority maintained schools
  • Sub-Type: Voluntary aided school
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 869
  • Local Education Authority: Sefton
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 18
  • Religious Ethos: Christian
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 08/05/2019

Rating published on 04/06/2019

Overall effectiveness: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Sixth form provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
8 October 2024 20 November 2024 School inspection
8 May 2019 5 June 2019 Full inspection Good
7 February 2017 15 March 2017 Full inspection Requires Improvement
31 October 2012 22 November 2012 Full inspection Good
7 January 2011 9 May 2011 Interim assessment
19 October 2009 4 January 2010 Curriculum and development visit
16 January 2008 7 February 2008 Full inspection Good
14 March 2005 20 May 2005 Full inspection

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Unique Reference Number104962
Local Authority Code343
Local Authority NameSefton
Establishment Number4624
School / College NameHoly Family Catholic High School
Establishment Type Code02
Establishment typeVoluntary aided school
Establishment Type Group Code4
Establishment Type GroupLocal authority maintained schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code00
Reason establishment openedNot applicable
Open date
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low11
Age range High18
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code03
Religious characterRoman Catholic
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese CodeRC11
DioceseArchdiocese of Liverpool
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity869
Special Classes Code1
Special classesHas Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils1,009
Number of Boys499
Number of Girls510
Percentage Free School Meals24.50
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot under a federation
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10003129
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date16-12-2024
StreetVirgins Lane
LocalityThornton
Address3
TownLiverpool
County (name)Merseyside
PostcodeL23 4UL
Websitehttp://www.holyfamilyhighschool.co.uk/
Telephone01519246451
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameMatthew
Headteacher/Principal last nameSymes
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionSEN unit
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll24
SEN unit capacity32
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE08000014
DistrictSefton
Ward CodeE05000944
WardManor
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001463
Parliamentary ConstituencySefton Central
Urban/Rural CodeA1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
GSS LA CodeE08000014
Easting333242
Northing400870
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Sefton 021
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Sefton 021E
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN41098886
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02001449
LSOA CodeE01007037
Free School Meals203
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN104962
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/104962
LAESTAB3434624
School nameHoly Family Catholic High School
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationVoluntary Aided School
School open dateN/A
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterRoman Catholic
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingChristian
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authoritySefton
Parliamentary constituencySefton Central
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeL23 4UL
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile4
Total number of pupils1,009
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age18
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10087810
Inspection typeRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Inspection type groupingRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date08/05/2019
Publication date04/06/2019
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection104962
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection3434624
School name at time of latest graded inspectionHoly Family Catholic High School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionVoluntary Aided School
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionGood
Previous inspection number10024253
Previous inspection start date07/02/2017
Previous publication date15/03/2017
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection104962
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection3434624
School name at time of previous graded inspectionHoly Family Catholic High School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionVoluntary Aided School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness3
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionGood

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