All-through school in Liverpool
LIPA School
Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 7BT
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 5 June 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 499
- Places
- 572
- How full
- 87% full — 499 of 572 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 266 / 233
- Overall absence
- 11%
- Persistently absent
- 36%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 35%
- English as an additional language
- 31%
- With an EHC plan
- 7%
- On SEN support
- 16%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Liverpool 060G, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 35%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 5%
- Households owning their home
- 17%
- Households in social housing
- 8%
- Households with no car
- 56%
- Adults economically inactive
- 52%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- Ages 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE LIPA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Head Teacher: Claire McKendrick
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Ward
- City Centre South
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- URN
- 141103
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest all-through schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Life Sciences UTCUniversity technical college | No grade | 46.3 | 0.3 mi |
| The Studio School LiverpoolStudio schools | Good 2024 | 39.4 | 0.3 mi |
| Progress Schools - LiverpoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.6 mi |
| Nazene Danielle School of Performing ArtsOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.9 mi |
| Christian Fellowship SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.9 mi |
| The Belvedere AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 53.8 | 1.2 mi |
| Archbishop Blanch CofE High SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 1.3 mi |
| Bellerive FCJ Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | No grade | 47.3 | 1.4 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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