UK Schools
Kirkby High School
Kirkby High School is a mixed secondary academy in Liverpool, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, teaching 1,042 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in July 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 31.4 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 9 holidays and 2 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Kirkby High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Kirkby High School.
- 1 Staff Training Day (school closed)
- 2 Year 7 and Year 11 students return to school 8:40am
- 3 All students return to school 8:40am
- 24 School finishes for half term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 Students return to school 8:40am
- 19 School finishes for Christmas holidays 12:15pm
- 22–31 Christmas Holidays
- 1–2 Christmas Holidays
- 5 Staff Training Day (school closed)
- 6 Students return to school 8:40am
- 13 School finishes for half term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 Students return to school 8:40am
- 27 School finishes for Easter holidays
- 30–31 Easter Holidays
- 1–10 Easter Holidays
- 13 Students return to school 8:40am
- 4 Bank Holiday (Early May)
- 22 School finishes for half term
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 1 Students return to school 8:40am
- 17 School finishes for summer 12:15pm
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Day (school closed) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 and Year 11 students return to school 8:40am Sep 2, 2025 Event
- All students return to school 8:40am Sep 3, 2025 Event
- School finishes for half term Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Students return to school 8:40am Nov 3, 2025 Event
- School finishes for Christmas holidays 12:15pm Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holidays Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day (school closed) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Students return to school 8:40am Jan 6, 2026 Event
- School finishes for half term Feb 13, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school 8:40am Feb 23, 2026 Event
- School finishes for Easter holidays Mar 27, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holidays Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school 8:40am Apr 13, 2026 Event
- Bank Holiday (Early May) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School finishes for half term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Students return to school 8:40am Jun 1, 2026 Event
- School finishes for summer 12:15pm Jul 17, 2026 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Kirkby High School with Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 31.4 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council England
Attendance 39.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 78% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Kirkby High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Kirkby High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.