Dixons Fazakerley Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · 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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Dixons Fazakerley Academy is a secondary school in Liverpool for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Liverpool has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Dixons Fazakerley Academy 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 2026, Year 7 had 64 first-choice applications for 176 offers, 0.4 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 29 Liverpool secondary schools.
- Every Year 7 applicant in 2026 was offered a place, and 112 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 20% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 33.4 (England 46).
- There are 20 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.3 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Liverpool.
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
- Sherwoods Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, L10 1LB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 737 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “They told inspectors that they value the recent improvements that the school has made.”
- “For example, most pupils’ behaviour is improving rapidly.”
- “This is helping pupils to feel safer and happier at school than they did in the past.”
To improve
- “A minority of pupils spoke to inspectors about the derogatory language that they experience from their peers.”
- “This undermines the positive culture that the school is developing.”
- “However, some lack confidence that staff will deal with their concerns.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 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) | 20% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.4 | 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: 64 first-preference applications, 176 offers in total, 64 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.
- Archbishop Beck Catholic College 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John Bosco Arts College 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dixons Croxteth Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alsop High School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holly Lodge Girls' College 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Derby School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edward's College 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published