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King David High School

Secondary · Liverpool · L15 6WU

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 November 2022

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At a glance

744 pupils · 99% of 752 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Jewish
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
10.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.kingdavidliverpool.co.uk/
URN
104703

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 151 families named it first for 133 Year 7 places, 1.14 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 1 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.14 first-choice applications per place

133 places offered · 151 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

114 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
54.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
78.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
67.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.7
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
37
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school54.3
Median of its 12 closest peers48.3
Liverpool average43.6
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Hockerill Anglo-European CollegeBishop's Stortford · 166 miles awayGood61.7
Amersham SchoolAmersham · 154 miles awayExpected standard49.7
Thomas Keble SchoolStroud · 119 miles awayGood47.6
Hanham Woods AcademyBristol · 136 miles awayGood44.1
RodboroughGodalming · 181 miles awayExpected standard53.4
The Trafalgar School at DowntonSalisbury · 173 miles awayGood44.3
The Priory SchoolShrewsbury · 49 miles awayGood52.7
Larkmead SchoolAbingdon · 136 miles awayGood39.4
Bullers Wood School for BoysBromley · 185 miles awayGood49
The Priory Church of England SchoolDorking · 185 miles awayNot yet graded40.1
Framingham Earl High SchoolNorwich · 185 miles awayGood50.6
Bohunt School WorthingWorthing · 207 miles awayGood46.7

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 65% (Liverpool 63%, England 59%) · Asian Chinese 8% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 6% (Liverpool 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Liverpool 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Liverpool 1%, England 5%) · Black African 2% (Liverpool 5%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Liverpool 6%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Liverpool 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.68 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Liverpool: 32.90 suspensions and 0.51 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

71.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £41,103; 13.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,004
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 11% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (7%) · supplies and services 7% (10%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£56,045; in-year balance -£111,719

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
95%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
73%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
14%
Any sustained destination
94%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier89.7%62.3%
Social housing0.7%17.1%
Privately rented9.7%20.5%
Detached houses13.8%22.9%
Flats4.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms44.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van10%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006582 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£302,500462 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£250,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (32)£577,500
Semi-detached (280)£325,000
Terraced (94)£288,000
Flat (56)£148,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
36an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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