The Academy of St Nicholas
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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The Academy of St Nicholas is a secondary school in Liverpool for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
The Academy of St Nicholas catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 74 first-choice applications for 163 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 89 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 20% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 29.4 (England 46).
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 17 of the 28 other Liverpool secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In January 2026, 50.2% of pupils were eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Liverpool is 24%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Liverpool schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 51 Horrocks Avenue, Garston, Liverpool, L19 5NY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic/Church of England
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 841 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school, including those in the sixth form, benefit from a broad and ambitious curriculum.”
- “Teachers have high expectations of what pupils and students should achieve.”
- “They care about pupils and help them to do their best.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not use learning activities effectively to identify what pupils know and remember.”
- “Consequently, their pupils, including those with SEND, continue to have gaps or misconceptions in their learning and are not fully ready to learn new content.”
- “A small number of pupils do not follow school routines as well as they should, particularly at social times.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 20% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 29.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 74 first-preference applications, 163 offers in total, 74 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Liverpool.
- St Julie's Catholic High School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Calderstones School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Gateacre School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Blue Coat School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- King David High School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Childwall Sports & Science Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published