UK Schools
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Southport, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, teaching 822 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in November 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 13 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre.
- 1–2 Staff INSET (closed to pupils)
- 3 Pupils Return (Start of Autumn Term)
- 24 School day ends at 3:00pm for Autumn Half Term
- 3 Pupils Return (After Autumn Half Term)
- 19 School day ends at 12:00 noon for Christmas Holiday
- 5 Staff INSET (closed to pupils)
- 6 Pupils Return (Start of Spring Term)
- 13 School day ends at 3:00pm for Spring Half Term
- 23 Pupils Return (After Spring Half Term)
- 27 School day ends at 3:00pm for Easter Holiday
- 13 Pupils Return (Start of Summer Term)
- 4 Bank Holiday (School Closed)
- 22 School day ends at 3:00pm for Summer Half Term
- 1 Pupils Return (After Summer Half Term)
- 3 Staff INSET (closed to pupils)
- 17 School day ends at 12:00 midday for Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff INSET (closed to pupils) September 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- Pupils Return (Start of Autumn Term) September 3, 2025 Term
- School day ends at 3:00pm for Autumn Half Term October 24, 2025 Holiday
- Pupils Return (After Autumn Half Term) November 3, 2025 Holiday
- School day ends at 12:00 noon for Christmas Holiday December 19, 2025 Holiday
- Staff INSET (closed to pupils) January 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Pupils Return (Start of Spring Term) January 6, 2026 Term
- School day ends at 3:00pm for Spring Half Term February 13, 2026 Holiday
- Pupils Return (After Spring Half Term) February 23, 2026 Holiday
- School day ends at 3:00pm for Easter Holiday March 27, 2026 Holiday
- Pupils Return (Start of Summer Term) April 13, 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday (School Closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School day ends at 3:00pm for Summer Half Term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Pupils Return (After Summer Half Term) June 1, 2026 Holiday
- Staff INSET (closed to pupils) July 3, 2026 Inset Day
- School day ends at 12:00 midday for Summer Holiday July 17, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre with Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 24.45 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 26.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 78% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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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 Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre. 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 Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre 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.