UK Schools
Calderstones School
Calderstones School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Liverpool, Liverpool City Council, teaching 1,592 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in January 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 46.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Calderstones 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 Calderstones School.
- 1 INSET Day (students do not attend)
- 2 Year 7 and 12 only in school
- 3 All students in school
- 27–31 Autumn Half-term break
- 19 End of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Start of Spring Term
- 26 INSET Day (students do not attend)
- 16–20 Spring Half-term break
- 27 End of Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 Start of Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half-term break
- 17 End of Summer Term for students
- 20 INSET Day (students not in school)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day (students do not attend) September 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 and 12 only in school September 2, 2025 Event
- All students in school September 3, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half-term break October 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- End of Autumn Term December 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Spring Term January 5, 2026 Term
- INSET Day (students do not attend) January 26, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half-term break February 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term March 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday March 30 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Summer Term April 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half-term break May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term for students July 17, 2026 Term
- INSET Day (students not in school) July 20, 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Calderstones School with Liverpool City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 46.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Liverpool City Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 32.37 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Liverpool City Council England
Attendance 21.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Liverpool City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 91% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Liverpool City Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 83% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school Liverpool City 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 Calderstones 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 Calderstones 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.