St Michaels Church of England Academy
Secondary schoolSt Michaels Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Sefton, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 547 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), June 2024, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 19 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St Michaels Church of England Academy was 39.6, against 43.0 in Sefton and 46.2 in England.
28.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Sefton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 39.6 | 43.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28.7% | 39% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52.1% | 60.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 94 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Valewood Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- Crosby High SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade990 m
- St. Mary's CollegeIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.2 km
- Olsen House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.2 km
- St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2024, before the school changed. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sefton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).