The Academy of St Nicholas

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/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, 74 families put this school as their first choice, and 163 places were offered. 74 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, 6 December 2022. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Good

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

11–19

Pupils

841 (capacity 1080)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic/Church of England

Diocese

Archdiocese of Liverpool

Academy trust

THE LIVERPOOL JOINT CATHOLIC AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMIES TRUST

Phone

01512302570

Address

51 Horrocks Avenue, Garston, Liverpool, L19 5NY

Website

theacademyofstnicholas.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports