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State all-through · 4 to 16 · Mixed · 499 pupils

LIPA School

Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 7BT
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Ofsted: Inadequate · June 2025(21/30)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 2,846th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(21/30)Rank among 30 Liverpool secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Liverpool league table →
Inspection
Inadequate, June 2025
Results
38.0 attainment 8; 24% english and maths grade 5 or above
Size
499 pupils; classes of 21
Run by
The Lipa Multi Academy Trust
Type
Free schools
Ages
4 to 16 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 40%, against 57% in Liverpool.
  • Higher standard: 2%, against 8% in Liverpool.
  • Attainment 8: 38.0, against 43.4 in Liverpool.
  • English and maths, grade 5+: 24%, against 39% in Liverpool.
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At a glance

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SourceWhere these figures come from

How it is worked outLiverpool and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.

Against Liverpool and England
This schoolLiverpoolEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
40%
Worse than Liverpool
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
2%
Worse than Liverpool
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
38.0
Worse than Liverpool
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
24%
Worse than Liverpool
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
11.1%
Worse than Liverpool
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
35.8%
Worse than Liverpool
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
27.0
Worse than Liverpool
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
20.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
38%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
13.4
Context
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 5 June 2025
DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

  • Inadequate
  • Attainment 8: 38.0 (England 47.4) (county 43.4)
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 24% (England 48%) (county 39%)
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 40% (England 62%) (county 57%)

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Attainment 838.047.443.42025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above24%48%39%2025/2026
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard40%62%57%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard2%8%8%2024/2025

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(96/110)
GCSE (key stage 4)(21/30)
Liverpool league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 11% of sessions missed; 36% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.0% and 27%
  • Suspensions: 27 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 4 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 20.6 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
  • 13.4 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 71 m, rail 672 m
  • 160 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (1 fatal, 31 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 14.0 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.7 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (30-40%), the median of 654 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/2511%4.9%6.1%36%5.2%
2023/249.9%4.8%5.1%32%3.4%
2022/238.1%4.5%3.6%25%1.9%
Schools with a similar intake9.0%27%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2527.013%1604
2023/2417.88.1%972
2022/239.55.0%462
Schools with a similar intake1.7

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size20.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher13.4November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus71
rail672

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 31 serious and 1 fatal in all; 61 involved a pedestrian, 32 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
202530
202437
202334
202229
202130

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO214.02024
PM1010.72024
PM256.72024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals38%2025/26
First language other than English30%2025/26
SEN support17%2025/26
Education, health and care plan7.8%2025/26
Girls53%2025/26

Ofsted

Ofsted, June 2025The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Leadership and managementInadequate

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2025.

DateKindOutcome
5 June 2025Graded inspectionQuality of education: Inadequate

Admissions

Getting in

  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • We can't tell how far Year 7 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2015 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 720260010
Reception20260010
Year 72025566528334
Reception202551458245
Year 72024518130741
Reception2024565411648
Year 72023608130040
Reception2023527613445
Year 72022517121242
Reception2022527013048

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined May 2022
DfE, open academies list

  • The Lipa Multi Academy Trust, with 2 schools
  • Opened as an academy (free schools) on 1 September 2014
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Liverpool Life Sciences UTC0.3 miThe Studio School Liverpool0.3 miThe Belvedere Academy1.2 miArchbishop Blanch CofE High School1.3 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Dukes and Duchesses0.1 miles
Blackburne House Nursery0.2 miles
Pagoda Nursery0.2 miles
The Arts Centre Nursery0.3 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

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