Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Prescot, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Knowsley Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Prescot, Knowsley for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 17 April 2024. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (17 April 2024); of the 5 nearest secondary schools in Knowsley, 3 are Good, 1 Requires improvement and 1 has no current grade.
- Every Year 7 2026 applicant was offered a place; there were 74 first-choice applications for 193 offers, and 119 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Its 0.4 first choices per offer for Year 7 2026 was the lowest of 6 Knowsley secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 11% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Cumber Lane, Whiston, Prescot, L35 2XG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 730 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 17 April 2024
Strengths
- “Staff foster positive relationships with their pupils.”
- “Most pupils are happy at the school.”
- “Pupils told inspectors that they feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, pupils learn better in some subjects than in others.”
- “This is because the curriculum is not delivered consistently well.”
- “However, there remain a small minority of pupils who misbehave in lessons and do not follow the school’s behaviour policy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2024 (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) | 11% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 30.2 | 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: 74 first-preference applications, 193 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 Knowsley.
- The Prescot School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Lord Derby Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Halewood Academy 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kirkby High School 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic High School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published