King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool
Dingle Vale, Liverpool, L8 9SJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE GREAT SCHOOLS TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Scott Cordon
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Great Schools Trust
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 940
- URN
- 137675
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01517271387
About this school
King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool is a secondary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 940 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 14 September 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 133 | 131 | 125 |
| Attainment 8 score | 30.6 | 35.0 | 34.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.14 -1.43 to -0.86 | -0.54 -0.82 to -0.25 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% | 26.7% | 21.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% | 45.8% | 40.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 45% | 40.5% | 44% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
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 King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool 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 | 30.6 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 34.5 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 781 |
| 2023/24 | 882 |
| 2024/25 | 898 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool compares
King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool ranked 23rd of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 34.5 | 12.4% | 66.9% | 940 | — |
| The Belvedere Academy | 53.8 | 7.3% | 31.2% | 1,182 | 0.5 miles |
| Bellerive FCJ Catholic College | 47.3 | 9.7% | 37.9% | 955 | 0.7 miles |
| St Hilda's Church of England High School | 51.8 | 6.9% | 18.8% | 1,298 | 1.1 miles |
| St Margaret's Church of England Academy | 49.6 | 7.2% | 22.2% | 1,000 | 1.3 miles |
| Liverpool Life Sciences UTC | 46.3 | 9.7% | 49.3% | 587 | 1.4 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)
- 66.93%
- English as an additional language
- 41%
- Overall absence
- 12.35%
- Persistent absence
- 33.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Belvedere Academy0.5 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College0.7 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
St Hilda's Church of England High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
St Margaret's Church of England Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC1.4 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool ranks 33rd 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 King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool teach?
- King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the principal of King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool?
- The principal of King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool is Mr Scott Cordon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool, 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 King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool?
- King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool has 940 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool full?
- King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool has capacity for 900 pupils and 940 on roll (104%), 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 King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool a faith school?
- No. King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool has no designated religious character.
- Is King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool a selective school?
- No. King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool?
- King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool is part of THE GREAT SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 30.6 in 2022/23 and 34.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool rank locally?
- King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool ranked 23rd of 29 secondary schools in Liverpool for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 26% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool's absence rate?
- King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool's overall absence rate is 12.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool'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.