St Francis Xavier's College
Woolton Hill Road, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 6EG
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr David Hayes
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Liverpool
- Constituency
- Garston and Halewood
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,302
- Pupils on roll
- 1,084
- URN
- 138463
- Local authority
- Liverpool
About this school
St Francis Xavier's College was a Roman Catholic boys' secondary academy in Liverpool. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,084 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Francis Xavier's College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in August 2012, 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 | 183 | 205 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.9 | 40.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.78 -0.99 to -0.57 | -0.61 -0.80 to -0.41 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 35.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 61% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 52% | 35.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Trends over time
How St Francis Xavier's 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 | 37.9 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.1 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,097 |
| 2023/24 | 1,084 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Francis Xavier's College compares
Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.6% | 28% | 1,084 | — |
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy | 36.7 | 11.1% | 32.5% | 939 | 0.0 miles |
| Calderstones School | 46.1 | 7.9% | 21.9% | 1,592 | 0.8 miles |
| St Julie's Catholic High School | 46.9 | 8.3% | 27.6% | 1,018 | 0.9 miles |
| Gateacre School | — | 14.2% | 46.9% | 1,196 | 1.0 miles |
| King David High School | 54.3 | 7.4% | 12.5% | 744 | 1.2 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)
- 28%
- English as an additional language
- 7.4%
- Overall absence
- 9.6%
- Persistent absence
- 25.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Calderstones School0.8 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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St Julie's Catholic High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Gateacre School1.0 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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King David High School1.2 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 year groups does St Francis Xavier's College teach?
- St Francis Xavier's College taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Has St Francis Xavier's College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Francis Xavier's 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 big is St Francis Xavier's College?
- St Francis Xavier's College had 1,084 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have St Francis Xavier's College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.9 in 2022/23 and 40.1 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Francis Xavier's College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Francis Xavier's 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 10 July 2024.