St Margaret's Church of England Academy

About St Margaret's Church of England Academy

St Margaret’s Church of England Academy is a boys’ secondary school in Liverpool, part of the Church of England family of schools in the city. In the most recent local authority rankings, it sits 9th out of 30 schools of the same type, placing it in the top third of its cohort. For context, the top-performing peers in Liverpool include The Blue Coat School, Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, and Archbishop Blanch CofE High School. The school is led by headteacher Adam Robinson and has a capacity of 1,050, with 964 pupils currently on roll. Just over a fifth of students (20.3%) are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average and reflects the school’s inclusive intake. St Margaret’s is a single-sex school for boys aged 11 to 18, with an official sixth form on site. It is not a boarding school and does not offer nursery provision.

Academically, St Margaret’s shows a mixed but improving picture. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, the school was rated Good overall, with all key areas — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision — all judged Good. This marks a clear improvement from its previous inspection in 2021, when it was rated Requires Improvement. At Key Stage 4, the school’s Progress 8 score is -0.1, which is above the Liverpool local authority average of -0.4 and places it in the average banding nationally. Attainment 8 stands at 50.2, and 59.8% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths. At A-level, the average points per entry is 32.19, equivalent to a C+ grade, and the value-added score is -0.15, also in the average band. Only 13.6% of pupils entered the EBacc combination of subjects, and the EBacc average point score is 4.06.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 557 applications for 184 places, a ratio of 3.03 applicants per place, with 107 first-preference applications resulting in 83 offers. Facilities are strong and include science labs, a swimming pool, a theatre, a chapel, a sixth-form centre, tennis courts, astro turf, and a sports hall. Sports on offer include football, rugby, athletics, and dance, while extracurricular clubs range from the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and Young Enterprise to chess, debate, and coding. The school’s SEND provision is comprehensive, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate and severe learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This makes St Margaret’s a strong fit for families seeking a well-resourced, inclusive boys’ school with a clear Church of England ethos and a sixth form that offers solid academic outcomes above the local average.

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