Liberty Academy
Secondary · Hull · HU9 5YB
Data updated
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.
Inspected 10 April 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,199 pupils · 77% of 1,550 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 55.1% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 9.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 19.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- https://lib.hlt.academy/
- URN
- 135598
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 152 families named it first for 255 Year 7 places, 0.60 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 10 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 14% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.60 first-choice applications per place255 places offered · 152 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Hull school admissions · Kingston upon Hull, City of school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
195 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is behind 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.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Academy | 37.4 | |
| Boldon School | 37.1 | |
| The Bulwell Academy | 36.1 | |
| Ormiston SWB Academy | 42 | |
| St John Bosco Arts College | 39.4 | |
| Sirius Academy North | 37.8 | |
| The Telford Langley School | 35 | |
| North Shore Academy | 48.2 | |
| Noel-Baker Academy | 36.3 | |
| The Link Academy | 40.4 | |
| Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy | 40.4 | |
| Bridge Learning Campus | 34.6 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 74% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 71%, England 59%) · Not recorded 10% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 7% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 9%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 4%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 4%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Kingston upon Hull, City of 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
123.08 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kingston upon Hull, City of: 31.22 suspensions and 0.32 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
79.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.6 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 £52,957; 18.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£1,052,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 24 April 2025: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 10 April 2024: Requires improvement
- 21 November 2023: Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
- 18 May 2023: Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
- 26 January 2023: Taking effective action towards the removal of serious weaknesses designation
- 11 May 2022: Inadequate
- 9 November 2021: Requires improvement
- 27 February 2018: Requires improvement
- 13 September 2017: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
- 4 May 2016: Inadequate
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 12.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 39.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 37% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 40.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 11.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 83% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 4.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 9.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 8.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 53.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035464 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £165,000293 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £125,000–£200,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of 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
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 11an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 48an 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