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The Belvedere Academy

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy

17 Belvidere Road, Princes Park, Liverpool L8 3TF · belvedereacademy.net · 0151 727 1284

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
53.8
average Attainment 8 score. Liverpool 42.1, England 46
Demand for places
1.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,182
168 over 1,014 places · 117%
Local authority
Liverpool
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31%
First language not English
23.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Gdst Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 345 families put the school first and 188 places were offered; 48% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 287 (Places 180)287September 2023: 345 (Places 179)345September 2024: 348 (Places 181)348September 2025: 289 (Places 174)289September 2026: 345 (Places 188)345Places 188
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261883451.8▲48%
September 2025Sept 20251742891.7▲48%
September 2024Sept 20241813481.9▲44%
September 2023Sept 20231793451.9▲42%
September 2022Sept 20221802871.6▲48%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 53.8, and 60.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Liverpool it was 42.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (37.8 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 59.6 (England 46.3)59.62017/18: 60.3 (England 46.5)60.32018/19: 61.2 (England 46.7)61.22021/22: 57.4 (England 48.8)57.42022/23: 54.7 (England 46.3)54.72023/24: 57.1 (England 45.9)57.12024/25: 53.8 (England 46.0)53.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲53.846.0
▲60.3%45.4%
▲78.8%64.8%
▲47.4%40.5%
▲4.784.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form73.2−5.6
Sixth form college5.2−1.6
Further education13.7+9.2
Other education1.3—
Apprenticeship0.7−1.6
Not in a lasting destination3.3−3.5
Activity not captured2.6—

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 31.6 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 33.4 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 35.6 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 34.8 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 38.8 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 35.1 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 33.8 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 37.8 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
114 studentsB- (37.8)Above average +0.13
114 studentsB- (37.8)Above average +0.12
28 studentsDist (33.7)Above average +0.35
16%AAB or better
92.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24122C+ (33.8)-0.06
2022/23121B- (35.1)—
2021/22128B (38.8)—
2018/19124C+ (34.8)-0.24
2017/18151B- (35.6)+0.17
2016/17111C+ (33.4)+0.15
2015/16111C (31.6)+0.22

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University61.2+3.5
Further and other education3−0.1
Further education2.2−0.1
Other education0.7−0.1
Apprenticeship9+3.6
Employment17.2−0.5
Not in a lasting destination7.5+1.3
Activity not captured2.2−7.8

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected The Belvedere Academy on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
4 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2015

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2015Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • May 2010Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (139 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
88%
Replies
139
12% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●89% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●84% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲93% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲92% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲89% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲92% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲86% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼75% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 68% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲55% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 33% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲72% agreeEngland 67%

based on 33 parents (24%) with SEND

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