King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Liverpool
Dingle Vale, Liverpool, L8 9SJ
50
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
87.7%
33.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
940
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
76 of 76 families who put it first got an offer
201
Places offered
241
Total applications
1.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 76 | 76 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 37 | 20 | ● 54% |
| 3rd preference | 45 | 21 | ● 47% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 83 | 17 | ● 20% |
| Total | 241 | 134 | 56% |
1st preference success by year
Liverpool lets families list 5 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Scott Cordon
- Address
- Dingle Vale, Liverpool, L8 9SJ
- Phone
- 01517271387
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Ward / constituency
- Festival Gardens · Liverpool Wavertree
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137675
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 64% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 39% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE GREAT SCHOOLS TRUST
940 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
14 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 973 pupils
Attendance
87.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
12.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
33.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
7.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
9.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 35.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.54 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 27% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 46% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.08 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 34.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 21.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 40.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 44% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.05 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 125 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 126 | 7% | 29% | 42% | |
| English Language | 125 | 10% | 29% | 54% | |
| English Literature | 114 | 11% | 35% | 54% | |
| Combined Science | 81 | 1% | 5% | 15% | |
| History | 70 | 3% | 26% | 34% | |
| Spanish | 44 | 14% | 59% | 68% | |
| Biology | 42 | 7% | 52% | 74% | |
| Physics | 42 | 12% | 52% | 74% | |
| Chemistry | 42 | 12% | 50% | 79% | |
| Art and Design | 40 | 8% | 20% | 35% | |
| Geography | 36 | 3% | 25% | 36% | |
| Religious Studies | 36 | 6% | 28% | 36% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Liverpool council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.