Kirkby High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Liverpool, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.976 miles
Published by Knowsley Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kirkby High School is a secondary school in Liverpool, Knowsley for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2022. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Kirkby High School 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 | 0.976 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 59.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48.9% across the 5 nearest secondary schools in Knowsley.
- Year 7 2026 had 158 first-choice applications for 195 offers; 150 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 20% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 31.4 (England 46).
- The 2024/25 GCSE English and maths result was the 2nd lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 nearest secondary schools in Knowsley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Knowsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bracknell Avenue, Kirkby, Liverpool, L32 9PP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,042 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Kirkby High School, which is a calm and welcoming place for pupils to learn.”
- “Pupils appreciate the strong relationships that they forge with staff.”
- “Pupils celebrate differences between people.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects the curriculum has not been considered in as much detail.”
- “This hampers pupils’ achievement in these subjects.”
- “However, this emphasis on reading is not fully in place across the whole curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 October 2022 (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) | 31.4 | 46 |
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: 158 first-preference applications, 195 offers in total, 150 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 Knowsley.
- All Saints Catholic High School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Prescot School 4.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Lord Derby Academy 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy 5.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Halewood Academy 8.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published