North Liverpool Academy
120 Heyworth Street, Liverpool, L5 0SQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Paul Johnson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Northern Schools Trust
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,550
- Pupils on roll
- 1,269
- URN
- 131065
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512604044
About this school
North Liverpool Academy is a secondary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,269 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 261 | 218 | 221 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.8 | 44.1 | 45.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.21 -0.40 to -0.02 | -0.02 -0.22 to +0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 39% | 38% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 55% | 56.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15% | 19.7% | 16.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
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 North Liverpool Academy 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 | 40.8 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.1 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.6 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,327 |
| 2023/24 | 1,305 |
| 2024/25 | 1,286 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How North Liverpool Academy compares
North Liverpool Academy ranked 13th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 60% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.6 | 6.7% | 57.6% | 1,269 | — |
| Notre Dame Catholic Academy | 31 | 15.1% | 54.2% | 968 | 0.4 miles |
| The Academy of St Francis of Assisi | 35.8 | 11% | 62.7% | 873 | 1.1 miles |
| Alsop High School | 28.2 | 17.1% | 57.7% | 1,336 | 1.6 miles |
| Hillside High School | 39.8 | 10.6% | 54.7% | 785 | 1.7 miles |
| West Derby School | 42 | 9% | 41.7% | 1,011 | 1.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 57.61%
- English as an additional language
- 40.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.66%
- Persistent absence
- 18.88%
Location
Nearby schools
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Notre Dame Catholic Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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The Academy of St Francis of Assisi1.1 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Alsop High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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Hillside High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Bootle
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West Derby School1.9 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
North Liverpool Academy ranks 15th 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 year groups does North Liverpool Academy teach?
- North Liverpool Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the principal of North Liverpool Academy?
- The principal of North Liverpool Academy is Mr Paul Johnson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was North Liverpool Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected North Liverpool Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is North Liverpool Academy?
- North Liverpool Academy has 1,269 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is North Liverpool Academy full?
- North Liverpool Academy has capacity for 1,550 pupils and 1,269 on roll (82%), 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 North Liverpool Academy a faith school?
- No. North Liverpool Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is North Liverpool Academy a selective school?
- No. North Liverpool Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs North Liverpool Academy?
- North Liverpool Academy is part of NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have North Liverpool Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.8 in 2022/23 and 45.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does North Liverpool Academy rank locally?
- North Liverpool Academy ranked 13th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 60% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is North Liverpool Academy's absence rate?
- North Liverpool Academy's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are North Liverpool Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, North Liverpool Academy'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 15 July 2026.