St Julie's Catholic High School
Speke Road, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 7TN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kate McCourt
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Garston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,260
- Pupils on roll
- 1,018
- URN
- 104712
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01514286421
About this school
St Julie's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic girls' voluntary aided secondary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,018 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 18 May 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 177 | 175 | 169 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.3 | 41.5 | 46.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.37 -0.58 to -0.16 | -0.47 -0.68 to -0.26 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 37.7% | 42% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 60% | 66.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 18% | 9.7% | 18.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
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 St Julie's Catholic High 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 | 44.3 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.5 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.9 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,061 |
| 2023/24 | 1,071 |
| 2024/25 | 1,009 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Julie's Catholic High School compares
St Julie's Catholic High School ranked 10th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 65% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.9 | 8.3% | 27.6% | 1,018 | — |
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy | 36.7 | 11.1% | 32.5% | 939 | 0.9 miles |
| Halewood Academy | 41.6 | 9.3% | 48% | 1,131 | 1.3 miles |
| Gateacre School | — | 14.2% | 46.9% | 1,196 | 1.3 miles |
| The Academy of St Nicholas | 29.4 | 11.7% | 57.4% | 841 | 1.6 miles |
| Calderstones School | 46.1 | 7.9% | 21.9% | 1,592 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.6%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.28%
- Persistent absence
- 23.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Halewood Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Knowsley
-
Gateacre School1.3 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
The Academy of St Nicholas1.6 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Calderstones School1.6 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
St Julie's Catholic High School ranks 12th of the 40 ranked secondary 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 year groups does St Julie's Catholic High School teach?
- St Julie's Catholic High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of St Julie's Catholic High School?
- The headteacher of St Julie's Catholic High School is Mrs Kate McCourt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Julie's Catholic High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Julie's Catholic High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is St Julie's Catholic High School?
- St Julie's Catholic High School has 1,018 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is St Julie's Catholic High School full?
- St Julie's Catholic High School has capacity for 1,260 pupils and 1,018 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Julie's Catholic High School a faith school?
- Yes. St Julie's Catholic High School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
- Is St Julie's Catholic High School a selective school?
- No. St Julie's Catholic High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have St Julie's Catholic High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.3 in 2022/23 and 46.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Julie's Catholic High School rank locally?
- St Julie's Catholic High School ranked 10th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 65% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Julie's Catholic High School's absence rate?
- St Julie's Catholic High School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Julie's Catholic High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Julie's Catholic High 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 29 June 2026.