The Belvedere Academy
17 Belvidere Road, Princes Park, Liverpool, L8 3TF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- GDST ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Julie Taylor
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Girls' Day School Trust (GDST)
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,014
- Pupils on roll
- 1,182
- URN
- 135174
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01517271284
About this school
The Belvedere Academy is a girls' secondary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,182 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 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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 | 130 | 153 | 156 |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.7 | 57.1 | 53.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.11 -0.14 to +0.36 | +0.17 -0.05 to +0.40 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 62.7% | 60.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 80.4% | 78.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 46% | 47.1% | 47.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
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 The Belvedere 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 | 54.7 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 57.1 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 53.8 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,054 |
| 2023/24 | 1,106 |
| 2024/25 | 1,128 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Belvedere Academy compares
The Belvedere Academy ranked 4th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 85% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53.8 | 7.3% | 31.2% | 1,182 | — |
| Bellerive FCJ Catholic College | 47.3 | 9.7% | 37.9% | 955 | 0.4 miles |
| King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool | 34.5 | 12.4% | 66.9% | 940 | 0.5 miles |
| St Hilda's Church of England High School | 51.8 | 6.9% | 18.8% | 1,298 | 0.8 miles |
| Archbishop Blanch CofE High School | — | — | — | 1,179 | 1.1 miles |
| Liverpool Life Sciences UTC | 46.3 | 9.7% | 49.3% | 587 | 1.1 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)
- 31.21%
- English as an additional language
- 22.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.34%
- Persistent absence
- 19.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College0.4 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool0.5 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
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St Hilda's Church of England High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC1.1 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
The Belvedere Academy ranks 5th 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 The Belvedere Academy teach?
- The Belvedere Academy teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the principal of The Belvedere Academy?
- The principal of The Belvedere Academy is Mrs Julie Taylor, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Belvedere Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Belvedere 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 The Belvedere Academy?
- The Belvedere Academy has 1,182 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is The Belvedere Academy full?
- The Belvedere Academy has capacity for 1,014 pupils and 1,182 on roll (117%), so it is at or above 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 The Belvedere Academy a faith school?
- No. The Belvedere Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The Belvedere Academy a selective school?
- No. The Belvedere Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Belvedere Academy?
- The Belvedere Academy is part of GDST ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Belvedere Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 54.7 in 2022/23 and 53.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Belvedere Academy rank locally?
- The Belvedere Academy ranked 4th of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 85% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Belvedere Academy's absence rate?
- The Belvedere Academy's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Belvedere Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Belvedere 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 1 July 2026.