LIPA School
Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 7BT
499 pupils · 87% of 572 capacity
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE LIPA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Free school meals
- 37.6%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 June 2025, published 9 July 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 40% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 2% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sept 2026 entry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 51 | 45 | 82 | 51 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 56 | 65 | 283 | 56 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 56 | 54 | 116 | 56 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 51 | 81 | 307 | 51 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 52 | 76 | 134 | 52 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 81 | 300 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Liverpool College 3.9 km · Outstanding (2019) · previous system
- Birkenhead High School Academy 5.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- The Grange School 18.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Maharishi Free School 22.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Armfield Academy 43.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Bolton St Catherine's Academy 44.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.