King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool is a secondary school in Liverpool for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2023. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 22% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 17 of the 28 other Liverpool secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 83 first-choice applications for 189 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 64.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Liverpool is 29.9%.
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
- Dingle Vale, Liverpool, L8 9SJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 940 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 64.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 September 2023
Strengths
- “King’s Leadership Academy is an ambitious place for pupils to learn in.”
- “The school’s vision to raise aspirations for all pupils, regardless of their background or circumstance, is at the heart of every aspect of school life.”
- “Pupils develop a strong sense of character, self-belief and determination to succeed.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not use the school’s assessment strategies well to identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge and to reshape learning.”
- “This means that some teachers move on before pupils are ready.”
- “Consequently, a few pupils, including some of those with SEND, do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 October 2023 (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) | 22% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.5 | 46 |
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: 83 first-preference applications, 189 offers in total, 83 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.
- The Belvedere Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Hilda's Church of England High School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Liverpool Life Sciences UTC 1.4 mi Standards maintained
- The Studio School Liverpool 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Archbishop Blanch CofE High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Blue Coat School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published