LIPA School
Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 7BT
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE LIPA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Claire McKendrick
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 572
- Pupils on roll
- 499
- URN
- 141103
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01519580020
About this school
LIPA School is an all-through academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 499 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
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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 57 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% | 49% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 4% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 61% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 40% | 63% | 51% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 58% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How LIPA School 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 | 32% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 55.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 484 |
| 2023/24 | 544 |
| 2024/25 | 593 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How LIPA School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 11.1% | 35.4% | 499 | — |
| Liverpool College | 55.1 | 5.3% | 18.1% | 1,685 | 2.4 miles |
| Birkenhead High School Academy | 50.5 | 6.9% | 19% | 1,226 | 3.2 miles |
| LIPA Sixth Form College | — | — | 0% | 398 | 0.1 miles |
| Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts | — | — | — | — | 0.1 miles |
| St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School | — | 5% | 28% | 228 | 0.3 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)
- 35.41%
- English as an additional language
- 30.5%
- Overall absence
- 11.05%
- Persistent absence
- 35.81%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Liverpool College2.4 miles
All-through · Liverpool
-
Birkenhead High School Academy3.2 miles
All-through · Prenton
-
LIPA Sixth Form College0.1 miles
16 plus · Liverpool
-
Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts0.1 miles
Universities · Liverpool
-
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
LIPA School ranks 158th of the 176 ranked primary schools in Liverpool.
- Liverpool College All-through
- Abercromby Nursery School Nursery
- Cambridge Nursery School Nursery
- Chatham Place Nursery School Nursery
- East Prescot Road Nursery School Nursery
- Ellergreen Nursery School and Childcare Centre Nursery
- Everton Nursery School and Family Centre Nursery
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School Primary
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Anfield Road Primary School Primary
- Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School Primary
- Banks Road Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does LIPA School teach?
- LIPA School teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is an all-through school in Liverpool.
- Who is the head teacher of LIPA School?
- The head teacher of LIPA School is Claire McKendrick, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was LIPA School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected LIPA School, 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 LIPA School?
- LIPA School has 499 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is LIPA School full?
- LIPA School has capacity for 572 pupils and 499 on roll (87%), 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 LIPA School a faith school?
- No. LIPA School has no designated religious character.
- Is LIPA School a selective school?
- No. LIPA School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does LIPA School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records LIPA School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs LIPA School?
- LIPA School is part of THE LIPA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have LIPA School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 32% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is LIPA School's absence rate?
- LIPA School's overall absence rate is 11.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are LIPA School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, LIPA School'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.