Holly Lodge Girls' College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.697 miles
Published by Liverpool City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Holly Lodge Girls' College is a secondary school in Liverpool for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Holly Lodge Girls' College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.697 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2026 admissions, the last child offered a place lived 2.697 miles from the school, as published.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 165 first-choice applications for 218 offers: 151 offers went to first-choice families and 14 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 45% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Liverpool.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was well below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Liverpool schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 140 Mill Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 7LE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 1,016 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Holly Lodge are friendly and welcoming.”
- “They respond to the school’s high expectations and learn to make positive choices in their conduct.”
- “As a result, incidents of poor behaviour are infrequent.”
To improve
- “However, much less time is devoted to these subjects in Years 10 and 11.”
- “This impedes pupils’ ability to develop the important skills and knowledge to support them to make appropriate, healthy choices in their adult lives.”
- “While attendance for some groups of pupils is lower than the school would like it to be, staff are working hard to ensure that everything possible is being done to help pupils to attend school more regularly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 165 first-preference applications, 218 offers in total, 151 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Liverpool.
- West Derby School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edward's College 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Academy of St Francis of Assisi 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Broughton Hall Catholic High School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dixons Croxteth Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John Bosco Arts College 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published