Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Prescot, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, teaching 730 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in April 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 30.2 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy.
- 1 Inset Day
- 2 Inset Day
- 3 Autumn Term Starts
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 18 Autumn Term Ends
- 19 Inset Day
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Inset Day
- 6 Spring Term Starts
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 Spring Term Ends
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 Summer Term Starts
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 26–29 Summer Half Term
- 17 Summer Term Ends
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 20 Inset Day
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Starts Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Ends Dec 18, 2025 Term
- Spring Term Starts Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Summer Term Starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term May 26-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 18, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Dec 19, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- New Year's Day Jan 1 (annual) Event
- Good Friday Apr (variable) Event
- Easter Monday Apr (variable) Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug (last Monday), 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25 (annual) Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26 (annual) Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy with Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 30.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council England
Attendance 47.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 84% 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 Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy. 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 Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy 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.