SCHOOL PROFILE

St John Plessington Catholic College: data, trends and context

St John Plessington Catholic College is a secondary school in Wirral. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
139031
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Wirral
Region
North West
Trust
HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
CH63 7LF
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,556
FSM eligible
39.7%
EAL / First language other than English
13.2%
SEND (total)
14.5%
SEN Support
9.8%
EHCP
4.7%
White British
79.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.1%
Overall absence
10.9%
Persistent absence
30.2%
Severe absence
5.4%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
WirralLocal authority90.7%9.3%4.0%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
18.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
37.2
English & maths grade 5+
28.5%
English & maths grade 4+
49.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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St John Plessington Catholic College is a secondary school in Wirral. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.