Liverpool College
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–19 · Liverpool
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Liverpool City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Not published
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Liverpool College is an all-through school in Liverpool for ages 4–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 June 2025. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2026 entry.
Liverpool 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026 there were 255 first-choice applications for 88 offers; 83 offers went to first-choice families, and 172 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The published admission number for Reception in 2027 is 84 places.
- The A level average grade in 2024/25 was B- (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level 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
- Queen's Drive, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, L18 8BG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 1,685 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from a strong educational experience that promotes their academic excellence and their personal development.”
- “They are happy, proud and feel safe within a highly caring environment.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are built on respect, trust and high expectations.”
To improve
- “However, in the secondary phase, support strategies have not been developed and embedded as well as they could be.”
- “As a result, from time to time, some pupils with SEND do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 66% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 255 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 83 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 317 first-preference applications, 164 offers in total, 146 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Liverpool.
- Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Palmerston School 1.0 mi Standards maintained
- Auckland College 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Carleton House Preparatory School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Belvedere Preparatory School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- King's Leadership Phoenix Academy 1.5 mi Not judged
- Abbot's Lea School 1.7 mi Outstanding
- Princes School 1.7 mi School remains Outstanding