St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Wallasey, Wirral
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wirral Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Wallasey, Wirral for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 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 |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 17% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wirral.
- Sixth-form students averaged a D+ at A level in 2024/25 (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was average.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 6 of the 18 other Wirral secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 160 first-choice applications for 168 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wirral schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wallasey Village, Wallasey, CH45 3LN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 1,073 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this caring and welcoming school.”
- “Positive relationships exist between staff and pupils.”
- “Staff mentors provide guidance and support, particularly for older pupils.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not achieve as well as they should in public examinations.”
- “They are now attending more regularly than previously, although leaders recognise there is still further work to do.”
- “However, on occasion, teachers' checks are not carried out as effectively as they could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2026 (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) | 17% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.2 | 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: 160 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 160 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 Wirral.
- The Mosslands School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Oldershaw School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Weatherhead High School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anselm's College 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Birkenhead Park School 2.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Upton Hall School FCJ 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ridgeway High School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published