Gateacre School
Hedgefield Road, Belle Vale, Liverpool, L25 2RW
This school is closed (it closed in November 2024).
It was replaced by Gateacre School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Nabil Jamil
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Liverpool Garston
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,400
- Pupils on roll
- 1,218
- URN
- 104700
- Local authority
- Liverpool
About this school
Gateacre School was a community secondary school in Liverpool. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,218 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Gateacre School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 143 | 195 | 221 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.3 | 37.9 | 37.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.74 -0.97 to -0.51 | -0.53 -0.73 to -0.32 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 31.3% | 29% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% | 51.8% | 46.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 6% | 4.6% | 15.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Gateacre School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Liverpool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.3 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.9 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.8 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,161 |
| 2023/24 | 1,218 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gateacre School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.8 | 12% | 48.7% | 1,218 | — |
| Gateacre School | — | 14.2% | 46.9% | 1,196 | 0.0 miles |
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy | 36.7 | 11.1% | 32.5% | 939 | 1.0 miles |
| St Julie's Catholic High School | 46.9 | 8.3% | 27.6% | 1,018 | 1.3 miles |
| King David High School | 54.3 | 7.4% | 12.5% | 744 | 1.7 miles |
| Childwall Sports & Science Academy | 36.2 | 9.5% | 49.7% | 1,049 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.7%
- English as an additional language
- 8.1%
- Overall absence
- 12%
- Persistent absence
- 34.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gateacre School0.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
St Julie's Catholic High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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King David High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Childwall Sports & Science Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
- Alsop High School Secondary
- Archbishop Beck Catholic College Secondary
- Archbishop Blanch CofE High School Secondary
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Secondary
- Broughton Hall Catholic High School Secondary
- Calderstones School Secondary
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Secondary
- Chesterfield High School Secondary
- Childwall Sports & Science Academy Secondary
- Deyes High School Secondary
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy Secondary
- Dixons Croxteth Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Gateacre School teach?
- Gateacre School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Has Gateacre School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Gateacre School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Gateacre School?
- Gateacre School had 1,218 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Gateacre School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34.3 in 2022/23 and 37.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Gateacre School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gateacre School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2024.