North Liverpool Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Liverpool
Unique reference
131065
Address
120 Heyworth Street, L5 0SQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1286 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
58.0%
Girls
42.0%
First language not English
40.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
47.8%
Persistent absence
16.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 47.7%
Other White 11%
African 9.6%
Other 8.6%
Mixed 6.5%
Chinese 4.7%
Other Asian 4%
Other Black 3.5%
Indian 1.1%
Pakistani 1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 36%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 45.6
Local authority average 42
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.62
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award8
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award61
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award24
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award31
MultimediaTechnical Award12
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Sports StudiesTechnical Award41
TourismTechnical Award19
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

North Liverpool Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
220
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
396
2nd preference
168
3rd preference
127
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
199
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes19.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
234
119
115
Year 8
234
129
105
Year 9
224
130
94
Year 10
224
146
78
Year 11
221
128
93
Year 12
75
47
28
Year 13
74
47
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
82.5%
85.5%
Further education
35.0%
29.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
39.0%
47.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
5.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
8.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
9.0%
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
69.0%
66.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
19.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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