Academy · Sefton
St Michaels Church of England Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Church of England
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Sefton council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Church of England 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, 25 families put this school as their first choice, and 81 places were offered. 25 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, 19 June 2024. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as St Michael's Church of England High School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
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
- 547 (capacity 684)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Liverpool
- Academy trust
- THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST
- Phone
- 01519246778
- Address
- St Michaels Road, Crosby, L23 7UL
- Website
- stmichaelshigh.com
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.