Gateacre School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Liverpool
Hedgefield Road, Liverpool, L25 2RW
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 05/12/2023
Application demand
90%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
85.8%
40.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,196
Capacity used
Has space85%
1,400 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
90%
1st preference success rate
28 of 31 families who put it first got an offer
45
Places offered
107
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 31 | 28 | ● 90% |
| 2nd preference | 48 | 9 | ● 19% |
| 3rd preference | 28 | 8 | ● 29% |
| Total | 107 | 45 | 42% |
Liverpool lets families list 5 preferences. 105 applications came from outside the council area (45 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Nabil Jamil
- Address
- Hedgefield Road, Belle Vale, Liverpool, L25 2RW
- Phone
- 01513631111
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Ward / constituency
- Belle Vale · Liverpool Garston
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150956
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 41% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST
1,196 pupils · 1,400 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
05 December 2023
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessSixth form Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,167 pupils
Attendance
85.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
14.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
40.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
7.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
9.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #324 of 1,897 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11512: Gateacre Community Comprehensive School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
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.
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 Liverpool council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
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.