Finch Woods Academy
Academy special sponsor led · Mixed · Knowsley
Bailey's Lane, Liverpool, L26 0TY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Inadequate
Graded 04/10/2023
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
64.8%
75.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
88
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
92 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Age range
- 9–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Adrian Larkin
- Address
- Bailey's Lane, Halewood, Liverpool, L26 0TY
- Phone
- 01512942707
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Ward / constituency
- Halewood South · Widnes and Halewood
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141033
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 84% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 0% | — | — |
| SEN support | 1% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: MANOR HALL ACADEMY TRUST
88 pupils · 92 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
10 March 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Expected standard Achievement Expected standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Attendance and behaviour Expected standard Leadership and governance Strong standard Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard Post-16 provision Not applicable - 23
04 October 2023
Full graded inspection
Inadequate overall effectivenessPersonal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 98 pupils
Attendance
64.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
35.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
75.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
31.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
20.4%
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.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 1.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 20 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2022/2023)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.