Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in LiverpoolSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
- 23 June 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 25 May 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry744 applications · 172 places offered · 167 named it first
- 2026 4.3; Liverpool median median 2.4
- 2025 3.7; Liverpool median median 2.7
- 2024 3.4; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2023 3.1; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2022 2.0; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2021 2.0; Liverpool median median 2.2
- 2020 2.6; Liverpool median median 2.8
- 2019 2.2; Liverpool median median 2.6
- 2018 2.0; Liverpool median median 2.7
- 2017 2.2; Liverpool median median 2.4
- 2016 1.6; Liverpool median median 2.2
- 2015 2.1; Liverpool median median 2.1
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 172 | 744 | 4.3 | 167 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 202 | 740 | 3.7 | 170 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 190 | 644 | 3.4 | 159 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2023 | 208 | 637 | 3.1 | 179 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 209 | 412 | 2.0 | 96 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2021 | 188 | 384 | 2.0 | 93 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2020 | 179 | 457 | 2.6 | 115 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2019 | 183 | 409 | 2.2 | 96 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2018 | 174 | 345 | 2.0 | 79 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2017 | 130 | 289 | 2.2 | 64 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2016 | 137 | 218 | 1.6 | 51 | 0.37 |
| Sep 2015 | 121 | 256 | 2.1 | 72 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2014 | 134 | 271 | 2.0 | 73 | 0.54 |
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.) | 177 | 35.2 | 22% | 45% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 36.2 | 27% | 48% | – |
| 2023/24 | 177 | 33.4 | 23% | 41% | −0.92 |
| 2022/23 | 165 | 36.2 | 21% | 41% | −0.65 |
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
- Childwall Sports & Science AcademyThis schoolThis school20264.3applications per place 35.2Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · LiverpoolGood20225.9applications per place 55.4Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · LiverpoolGood20222.2applications per place 78.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.4 km · LiverpoolGraded · no overall grade20240.9applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · LiverpoolGood20235.1applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · LiverpoolNot yet inspected1.6applications per place
- 2.2 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20211.8applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · LiverpoolStandards maintained202510.2applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138787 · 341/4001
- Trust
- Lydiate Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,049 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Childwall School - A Specialist Sports College (URN 104697)
- Address
- Queen's Drive, Liverpool, L15 6XZ
- Local authority
- Liverpool
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources