King David High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 1 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Jewish
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
104703
Address
116 Childwall Road, L15 6WU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
742 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
59.0%
Girls
41.0%
First language not English
14%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.4%
Persistent absence
16.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.9%
Chinese 7%
Other White 5.7%
Mixed 4.8%
Pakistani 3%
Other 2.7%
African 2.6%
Indian 2.4%
Other Asian 2.2%
Other Black 2%
Irish 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.2
Local authority average 42
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.66
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE112
English LiteratureGCSE110
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE12
FrenchGCSE10
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

King David High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
166
2nd preference
147
3rd preference
206
From another Local Authority
53
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
122
69
53
Year 8
124
70
54
Year 9
112
65
47
Year 10
113
72
41
Year 11
115
57
58
Year 12
72
55
17
Year 13
84
50
34
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
82.5%
85.5%
Further education
24.0%
29.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
47.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
12.0%
5.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
8.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
4.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
66.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
19.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
1.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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