SCHOOL PROFILE

Kirkby High School: data, trends and context

Kirkby High School is a secondary school in Knowsley. 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
140001
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Knowsley
Region
North West
Trust
THE ROWAN LEARNING TRUST
Postcode
L32 9PP
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,042
FSM eligible
59.2%
EAL / First language other than English
7.3%
SEND (total)
24.3%
SEN Support
19.7%
EHCP
4.6%
White British
88.2%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
87.1%
Overall absence
12.9%
Persistent absence
39.2%
Severe absence
6.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
KnowsleyLocal authority88.4%11.6%7.9%
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
21.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
10.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.49%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
31.4
English & maths grade 5+
20.0%
English & maths grade 4+
37.3%

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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Kirkby High School is a secondary school in Knowsley. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.