Holly Lodge Girls' College
140 Mill Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 7LE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Keen
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Liverpool West Derby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,529
- Pupils on roll
- 1,016
- URN
- 104688
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512283772
About this school
Holly Lodge Girls' College is a girls' community secondary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,016 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Holly Lodge Girls' College, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 151 | 179 | 152 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.5 | 44.4 | 47.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.14 -0.09 to +0.37 | -0.04 -0.26 to +0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 45.3% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 66.5% | 67.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 66% | 50.8% | 64.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Holly Lodge Girls' College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Liverpool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.5 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.4 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.2 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 956 |
| 2023/24 | 977 |
| 2024/25 | 1,000 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Holly Lodge Girls' College compares
Holly Lodge Girls' College ranked 9th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 66% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47.2 | 10.9% | 54.1% | 1,016 | — |
| West Derby School | 42 | 9% | 41.7% | 1,011 | 0.3 miles |
| St Edward's College | 51.6 | 6.8% | 18.6% | 1,150 | 0.4 miles |
| Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School | 40.9 | 7.6% | 36% | 1,338 | 1.2 miles |
| The Academy of St Francis of Assisi | 35.8 | 11% | 62.7% | 873 | 1.3 miles |
| Broughton Hall Catholic High School | 39.2 | 11.8% | 39.1% | 1,175 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.09%
- English as an additional language
- 25.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.88%
- Persistent absence
- 29.08%
Location
Nearby schools
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West Derby School0.3 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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St Edward's College0.4 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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The Academy of St Francis of Assisi1.3 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Broughton Hall Catholic High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Holly Lodge Girls' College ranks 11th of the 40 ranked secondary schools in Liverpool.
- Alsop High School Secondary
- Archbishop Beck Catholic College Secondary
- Archbishop Blanch CofE High School Secondary
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Secondary
- Broughton Hall Catholic High School Secondary
- Calderstones School Secondary
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Secondary
- Chesterfield High School Secondary
- Childwall Sports & Science Academy Secondary
- Deyes High School Secondary
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy Secondary
- Dixons Croxteth Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Holly Lodge Girls' College teach?
- Holly Lodge Girls' College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Holly Lodge Girls' College?
- The headteacher of Holly Lodge Girls' College is Mr Andrew Keen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Holly Lodge Girls' College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Holly Lodge Girls' College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Holly Lodge Girls' College?
- Holly Lodge Girls' College has 1,016 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Holly Lodge Girls' College full?
- Holly Lodge Girls' College has capacity for 1,529 pupils and 1,016 on roll (66%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Holly Lodge Girls' College a faith school?
- No. Holly Lodge Girls' College has no designated religious character.
- Is Holly Lodge Girls' College a selective school?
- No. Holly Lodge Girls' College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Holly Lodge Girls' College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.5 in 2022/23 and 47.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Holly Lodge Girls' College compare with other schools in Liverpool?
- Holly Lodge Girls' College ranked 9th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 66% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Holly Lodge Girls' College's absence rate?
- Holly Lodge Girls' College's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Holly Lodge Girls' College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Holly Lodge Girls' College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.