SCHOOL PROFILE

Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy: data, trends and context

Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy 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
148534
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Knowsley
Region
North West
Trust
POPE FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
L35 2XG
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
730
FSM eligible
48.9%
EAL / First language other than English
12.7%
SEND (total)
29.5%
SEN Support
25.6%
EHCP
3.8%
White British
81.1%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
83.8%
Overall absence
16.2%
Persistent absence
47.8%
Severe absence
10.8%

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
97.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
24.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.66%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
30.2
English & maths grade 5+
11.3%
English & maths grade 4+
34.6%

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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Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy 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.