All-through
LIPA School
Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 7BT
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 499 of 572 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Trust
- THE LIPA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 53.2
- Pupils per adult
- 10.2
- Pupils
- 544
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Early yearsInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentInadequate
- Quality of educationInadequate
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingNot met
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2024
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
July 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 101 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 40% |
| Working at a higher standard | 2% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 32% |
| 23/24 | 49% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 99.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 7BT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Liverpool admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Claire McKendrick
- Address
- Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 7BT
- Telephone
- 01519580020