Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School

Honeysgreen Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 9HZ

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About this school

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a Voluntary aided school serving secondary age pupils, located in Liverpool, Merseyside. The school has 1,324 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 28 September 2021). Last inspected 27 January 2026. The Headteacher is Karen Smyth. The school is administered by Liverpool local authority. The school has boys-only admissions and a Roman Catholic religious character.

School details

Headteacher

Karen Smyth

Local authority

Liverpool

Gender

Boys

Religious character

Roman Catholic

URN

104714

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Liverpool). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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