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King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Dingle Vale, Liverpool L8 9SJ · kingsliverpool.com · 0151 727 1387
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Liverpool 42.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 940
- 40 over 900 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 64.4%
- First language not English
- 44.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 189 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 189 | 83 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 201 | 76 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 209 | 79 | 0.4 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 193 | 92 | 0.5 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 178 | 99 | 0.6 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34.5, and 21.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Liverpool it was 42.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼21.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼40.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲44.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.05 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 27.5 | −9 |
| Sixth form college | 2.3 | +1.6 |
| Further education | 52.7 | +18.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.8 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 0.8 | −2.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.2 | −3.9 |
| Activity not captured | 6.9 | +0.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 September 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Sept 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
57% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 57%
- Replies
- 30
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (40%) with SEND