Academy sponsor led · Liverpool

North Liverpool Academy

11–18Ages
1,269Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
131065URN

120 Heyworth Street, Liverpool, L5 0SQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.6per place

1.2 above Liverpool median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in LiverpoolSelective

795 applications for 219 places · 10th of 30 in Liverpool

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

50.5of 90

Liverpool 40.1 England 46.0

6th of 31 in Liverpool

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 25 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years	Does not apply to this school
Post-16 provision		Expected standard
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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Inspection history

12 May 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
23 March 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

3.6applications per place, Year 7

1.2 above Liverpool median (2.4) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

795 applications · 219 places offered · 410 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 3.6; Liverpool median median 2.4
2025 3.6; Liverpool median median 2.7
2024 3.2; Liverpool median median 2.6
2023 2.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
2022 2.4; Liverpool median median 2.6
2021 2.1; Liverpool median median 2.2
2020 1.9; Liverpool median median 2.8
2019 1.7; Liverpool median median 2.6
2018 1.5; Liverpool median median 2.7
2017 1.4; Liverpool median median 2.4
2016 1.5; Liverpool median median 2.2
2015 1.6; Liverpool median median 2.1
2014 1.4; Liverpool median median 2.1

This school
Liverpool median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	219	795	3.6	410	1.87
Sep 2025	220	784	3.6	396	1.80
Sep 2024	229	730	3.2	371	1.62
Sep 2023	236	610	2.6	319	1.35
Sep 2022	229	556	2.4	280	1.22
Sep 2021	229	479	2.1	210	0.92
Sep 2020	230	436	1.9	208	0.90
Sep 2019	229	381	1.7	173	0.76
Sep 2018	243	355	1.5	151	0.62
Sep 2017	205	284	1.4	131	0.64
Sep 2016	205	300	1.5	139	0.68
Sep 2015	208	335	1.6	182	0.88
Sep 2014	256	350	1.4	222	0.87

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

221 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.56th of 31 in Liverpool

Liverpool 40.1 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%8th of 31 in Liverpool

Liverpool 34% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%

Liverpool 52% England 66%

This school
Liverpool median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.02

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	221	50.5	48%	72%	–
2024/25	221	45.6	38%	56%	–
2023/24	218	44.1	39%	55%	−0.02
2022/23	261	40.8	33%	53%	−0.21

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

North Liverpool AcademyThis school
This school

2026

3.6applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
Notre Dame Catholic Academy
0.7 km · Liverpool

Requires improvement2022

2.2applications per place 30.0Attainment 8
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
1.8 km · Liverpool

Requires improvement2024

1.5applications per place 32.8Attainment 8
Alsop High School
2.5 km · Liverpool

Requires significant improvement 2026

1.2applications per place 33.1Attainment 8
Hillside High School
2.7 km · Sefton

Good2023

3.0applications per place 39.1Attainment 8
LIPA School
2.8 km · Liverpool

Special measures Graded · no overall grade2025

38.0Attainment 8
West Derby School
3.0 km · Liverpool

Good2023

3.0applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
3.3 km · Liverpool

Standards maintained2025

4.3applications per place
Holly Lodge Girls' College
3.4 km · Liverpool

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 131065 · 341/6906
Trust: Northern Schools Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,550 pupils · 1,269 on roll
Free school meals: 48.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2006
Address: 120 Heyworth Street, Liverpool, L5 0SQ
Local authority: Liverpool

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources