Bellerive FCJ Catholic College

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Liverpool council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Liverpool's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 75 families put this school as their first choice, and 180 places were offered. 67 of the families who put it first got a place (89%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 3 March 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

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Curriculum and teaching

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Achievement

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Attendance and behaviour

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Personal development and wellbeing

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Sixth form

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Leadership and governance

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Safeguarding standards: met.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

955 (capacity 900)

Gender

Girls

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Archdiocese of Liverpool

Academy trust

BELLERIVE FCJ CATHOLIC COLLEGE

Phone

01517272064

Address

1 Aigburth Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, L17 3AA

Website

bellerivefcj.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports