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Liverpool College

All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–19 · Sponsored academy

Queen's Drive, Mossley Hill, Liverpool L18 8BG · liverpoolcollege.org.uk · 0151 724 4000

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
GCSEs, 2024/25
55.1
average Attainment 8 score. Liverpool 42.1, England 46
Demand for places
1.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,685
585 over 1,100 places · 153%
Local authority
Liverpool
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery class
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
18.4%
First language not English
12%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Liverpool College Independent School Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 317 families put the school first and 164 places were offered; 46% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 474 (Places 171)474September 2023: 446 (Places 169)446September 2024: 414 (Places 170)414September 2025: 347 (Places 171)347September 2026: 317 (Places 164)317Places 164
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261643171.9▲46%
September 2025Sept 20251713472▲40%
September 2024Sept 20241704142.4▲40%
September 2023Sept 20231694462.6▲35%
September 2022Sept 20221714742.8▲34%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55.1, and 65.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Liverpool it was 42.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Liverpool it was 57%, and across England 62%.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (38.3 points per entry).

Key stage 2 results

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 55% (England 53%)55%2016/17: 72% (England 61%)72%2017/18: 83% (England 64%)83%2018/19: 80% (England 65%)80%2022/23: 79% (England 60%)79%2023/24: 68% (England 61%)68%2024/25: 70% (England 62%)70%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
▲70%62%
▲17%8%
Average scaled score
●107106
●105105
▲108105

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 60.0 (England 46.3)60.02017/18: 57.9 (England 46.5)57.92018/19: 53.9 (England 46.7)53.92021/22: 56.4 (England 48.8)56.42022/23: 57.2 (England 46.3)57.22023/24: 55.0 (England 45.9)55.02024/25: 55.1 (England 46.0)55.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲55.146.0
▲65.5%45.4%
▲81.1%64.8%
▲58.8%40.5%
▲5.124.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form66.7−2
Sixth form college4.1+2.7
Further education17.7−0.7
Apprenticeship2.7+1.3
Employment1.4—
Not in a lasting destination5.4−1.4
Activity not captured2+0.6

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: 32.4 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 34.0 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 35.7 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 34.3 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 37.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 36.1 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 35.8 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 38.3 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
119 studentsB- (38.3)Average -0.02
120 studentsB (38.3)Average -0.05
30 studentsDist (36.3)Above average +0.33
25.6%AAB or better
95.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24135B- (35.8)-0.06
2022/23124B- (36.1)—
2021/22120B- (37.1)—
2018/19111C+ (34.3)-0.08
2017/18117B- (35.7)-0.09
2016/17141C+ (34)+0.15
2015/16105C+ (32.4)+0.06

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University62.6−9.8
Further education2.1+0.5
Apprenticeship2.2−1.9
Employment14.4+3
Not in a lasting destination10.1+2.8
Activity not captured8.6+5.3

Ofsted

Liverpool College was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 26 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jun 2025 found: Standards maintained.

Outcome
Standards maintained
Inspected
17 Jun 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2019Outstanding
    Quality of educationOutstanding
    Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
    Personal developmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsOutstanding
    Sixth formOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (234 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
81%
Replies
234
14% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼84% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼85% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●83% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲89% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼84% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●83% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼82% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲83% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼68% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 75% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼39% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 33% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼49% agreeEngland 67%

based on 82 parents (35%) with SEND

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