St Anselm's College
Secondary · Academy converter · Boys · Wirral
Manor Hill, Prenton, CH43 1UQ
79
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
96%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.7%
11.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,002
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
1,026 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
96%
1st preference success rate
156 of 162 families who put it first got an offer
156
Places offered
332
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 162 | 156 | ● 96% |
| 2nd preference | 121 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 43 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 6 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 332 | 156 | 47% |
1st preference success by year
Wirral lets families list 5 preferences. 31 applications came from outside the council area (13 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Serena Cubbin
- Address
- Manor Hill, Prenton, CH43 1UQ
- Phone
- 01516521408
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Ward / constituency
- Claughton · Birkenhead
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136780
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 11% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 9% | — | — |
| SEN support | 4% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE LAETARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
1,002 pupils · 1,026 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
19 March 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 793 pupils
Attendance
94.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
11.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.03 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 91% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.02 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.37 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 57.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 75.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 93.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 47.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.15 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 159 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.72 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 21.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 94 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 158 | 27% | 89% | 99% | |
| English Language | 158 | 22% | 72% | 92% | |
| Religious Studies | 156 | 37% | 78% | 89% | |
| English Literature | 156 | 22% | 71% | 93% | |
| Combined Science | 91 | 20% | 67% | 86% | |
| German | 70 | 26% | 60% | 76% | |
| Biology | 65 | 58% | 92% | 100% | |
| Physics | 65 | 49% | 94% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 65 | 48% | 89% | 97% | |
| History | 54 | 37% | 81% | 89% | |
| Spanish | 53 | 25% | 68% | 85% | |
| Design & Technology | 50 | 38% | 82% | 94% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 41 | 12% | 61% | 80% | |
| Chemistry | 31 | 3% | 35% | 55% | |
| Physics | 25 | 12% | 40% | 68% | |
| Biology | 23 | 4% | 26% | 43% | |
| Business Studies | 18 | 0% | 11% | 28% | |
| Psychology | 16 | 0% | 19% | 56% | |
| History | 12 | 8% | 25% | 100% | |
| Economics | 11 | 0% | 9% | 36% | |
| Religious Studies | 11 | 0% | 27% | 55% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 10 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |
| Government and Politics | 9 | 22% | 44% | 67% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 8 | 0% | 13% | 50% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10234: St Anselm's College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 67% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 7% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 69% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Wirral council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.