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Archbishop Beck Catholic College

URN
104717
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
URN
104717
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

59 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

47

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

41

Destinations

45

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#17 of 23 schools in Liverpool

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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  • Recommended application mix
  • Alternative schools
  • Admissions warnings

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Archbishop Beck Catholic College

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Archbishop Beck Catholic College

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
23 March 2026
Inspection date
20 January 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 20 January 2026

  • Inclusion

    Expected standard

    Graded 20 January 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

178

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

659

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

178

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.7×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Liverpool
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Liverpool)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.archbishopbeck.com/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Liverpool to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

41.5

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

35.0%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

64.4%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

40.7%

EBacc achievement

Location

L9 7BF - 55 Long Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, Merseyside

Contact details

Address
55 Long Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, Merseyside
Postcode
L9 7BF
Phone
1515256326
Website
http://www.archbishopbeck.com/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Liverpool
Local authority code
341

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 503 schools in Liverpool.

Authority statistics

Total schools

503

Open schools

192

Closed schools

309

Primary schools

326

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Needs attention

    Graded 20 January 2026

  • Achievement

    Needs attention

    Graded 20 January 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Expected standard

    Graded 20 January 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Expected standard

    Graded 20 January 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Expected standard

    Graded 20 January 2026

  • Post-16

    Strong standard
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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    23 March 202620 January 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 23 March 2026
    6 December 20213 November 2021Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2GoodView report for inspection published 6 December 2021
    • Report card

      Published
      23 March 2026
      Inspected
      20 January 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • Good

      Published
      6 December 2021
      Inspected
      3 November 2021
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    27.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 167

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    9.6%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    33.9

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.07

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    27.8%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    83.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    4.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    9.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    66

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary326 (65.6%)
    • Secondary66 (13.3%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other105 (21.1%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Blessed Sacrament Catholic Infant School218 mPrimaryClosed
    Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School218 mPrimaryOpen
    Blessed Sacrament Catholic Junior School348 mPrimaryClosed
    Longmoor Community Primary School483 mPrimaryOpen
    Longmoor Junior School521 mPrimaryClosed
    Longmoor Infant and Nursery School558 mPrimaryClosed
    St John the Evangelist's Primary School687 mPrimaryClosed
    Fazakerley Open Air School755 mNot applicableClosed
    Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery881 mPrimaryOpen
    Rice Lane Junior School881 mPrimaryClosed
    • Blessed Sacrament Catholic Infant School
      Distance
      218 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      218 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Blessed Sacrament Catholic Junior School
      Distance
      348 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Longmoor Community Primary School
      Distance
      483 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Liverpool)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    All Hallows RC High SchoolSecondaryL24 2UBClosed
    Alsop High SchoolSecondaryL4 6SHOpen
    Alsop High School Technology & Applied Learning Specialist CollegeSecondaryL4 6SHClosed
    Anfield Community Comprehensive SchoolSecondaryL4 2SLClosed
    Archbishop Blanch CofE High SchoolSecondaryL7 6HQClosed
    • All Hallows RC High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      L24 2UB
      Status
      Closed
    • Alsop High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      L4 6SH
      Status
      Open
    • Alsop High School Technology & Applied Learning Specialist College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      L4 6SH
      Status
      Closed
    • Anfield Community Comprehensive School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      L4 2SL
      Status
      Closed
    Longmoor Junior School
    Distance
    521 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Longmoor Infant and Nursery School
    Distance
    558 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St John the Evangelist's Primary School
    Distance
    687 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Fazakerley Open Air School
    Distance
    755 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery
    Distance
    881 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Rice Lane Junior School
    Distance
    881 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    L7 6HQ
    Status
    Closed