Holy Family Catholic High School

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Holy Family Catholic High School
Type Secondary Comprehensive
Headteacher Mrs M. Seddon
Location Sefton
Merseyside
England
LEA Sefton
Ofsted number 104962
Students ~900
Ages 11 to 18
Website Holy Family Catholic High School website

Holy Family Catholic High School is a Catholic comprehensive school situated in Thornton, Merseyside, England, catering for mixed pupils aged 11-18. The current intake at the school is 885, of which 156 are aged 16-18 pursuing further education in the school's own sixth form, with student attainment Year 13 well above average in 2004, compared with all sixth forms nationally.[1]

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The 2006 GCSE exam results saw 42% of pupils achieving 5 A*-C including Maths and English, slightly below the Sefton LEA average of 44%, showing a decline from 50% in 2005.[2] The school achieves a KS2-KS4 Value-Added Measure of 993.2. Of the 143 lessons observed by Ofsted in March 2005, 71.4% were judged to be good, very good or excellent.[1]

Former Brookside & current Grange Hill star Jack McMullen attended the school for several years.[citation needed]

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