Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in LiverpoolSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry515 applications · 174 places offered · 200 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Liverpool median median 2.4
- 2025 2.4; Liverpool median median 2.7
- 2024 2.5; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2023 1.8; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2022 2.7; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2021 2.2; Liverpool median median 2.2
- 2020 2.8; Liverpool median median 2.8
- 2019 2.6; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2018 2.7; Liverpool median median 2.7
- 2017 2.4; Liverpool median median 2.4
- 2016 2.4; Liverpool median median 2.2
- 2015 2.3; Liverpool median median 2.1
- 2014 2.2; 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 | 174 | 515 | 3.0 | 200 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2025 | 191 | 453 | 2.4 | 154 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 | 177 | 447 | 2.5 | 156 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 | 190 | 350 | 1.8 | 141 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2022 | 180 | 491 | 2.7 | 217 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2021 | 180 | 400 | 2.2 | 149 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2020 | 180 | 495 | 2.8 | 204 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 | 180 | 465 | 2.6 | 190 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 494 | 2.7 | 202 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 179 | 437 | 2.4 | 199 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2016 | 180 | 435 | 2.4 | 179 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 | 179 | 417 | 2.3 | 199 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2014 | 179 | 393 | 2.2 | 193 | 1.08 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 170 | 37.5 | 32% | 51% | – |
| 2024/25 | 171 | 42.0 | 42% | 65% | – |
| 2023/24 | 174 | 37.9 | 25% | 55% | −0.66 |
| 2022/23 | 171 | 41.5 | 34% | 53% | −0.23 |
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
- West Derby SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.0applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · LiverpoolGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · LiverpoolGraded · no overall grade20247.0applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 32.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · LiverpoolGraded · no overall grade20240.9applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Liverpool20263.0applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · LiverpoolNot yet inspected1.6applications per place
- 2.4 km · LiverpoolGood20222.4applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · LiverpoolSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 35.0Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138696 · 341/4306
- Trust
- West Derby School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,073 pupils · 1,011 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- West Derby School (URN 104687)
- Address
- 364 West Derby Rd, Liverpool, L13 7HQ
- Local authority
- Liverpool
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources