St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Liverpool council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

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, 68 families put this school as their first choice, and 165 places were offered. 68 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

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

Latest graded inspection, 12 October 2021. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as St Francis Xavier's College, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Sixth form

Requires improvement

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

939 (capacity 1302)

Gender

Boys

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Academy trust

ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01512881000

Address

Woolton Hill Road, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 6EG

Website

sfx1842.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports