Notre Dame Catholic College
180 Great Homer Street, Liverpool, L5 5AF
This school is closed (it closed in May 2024).
It was replaced by Notre Dame Catholic Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Head teacher
- Elaine Brennan Kathy Thomas
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Liverpool, Walton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 1,024
- URN
- 104706
- Local authority
- Liverpool
About this school
Notre Dame Catholic College was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Liverpool. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,024 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Notre Dame Catholic College 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 152 | 179 |
| Attainment 8 score | 31.5 | 32.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.28 -1.51 to -1.06 | -1.40 -1.62 to -1.19 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 13% | 21.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 33% | 40.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 16% | 22.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.5 | 2.7 |
Trends over time
How Notre Dame Catholic College 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 | 31.5 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.1 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,001 |
| 2023/24 | 1,024 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Notre Dame Catholic College compares
Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 13.7% | 53.2% | 1,024 | — |
| Notre Dame Catholic Academy | 31 | 15.1% | 54.2% | 968 | 0.0 miles |
| North Liverpool Academy | 45.6 | 6.7% | 57.6% | 1,269 | 0.4 miles |
| The Academy of St Francis of Assisi | 35.8 | 11% | 62.7% | 873 | 1.5 miles |
| Alsop High School | 28.2 | 17.1% | 57.7% | 1,336 | 1.6 miles |
| Hillside High School | 39.8 | 10.6% | 54.7% | 785 | 1.6 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)
- 53.2%
- English as an additional language
- 14.2%
- Overall absence
- 13.7%
- Persistent absence
- 40.6%
Location
Nearby schools
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Notre Dame Catholic Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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North Liverpool Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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The Academy of St Francis of Assisi1.5 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Alsop High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Hillside High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Bootle
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 Notre Dame Catholic College teach?
- Notre Dame Catholic College taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Has Notre Dame Catholic College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Notre Dame Catholic College 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 Notre Dame Catholic College?
- Notre Dame Catholic College had 1,024 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Notre Dame Catholic College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 31.5 in 2022/23 and 32.1 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Notre Dame Catholic College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Notre Dame Catholic College'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 8 July 2024.