LIPA School
All-through · Liverpool · L1 7BT
Data updated
Ofsted category of concern
A formal designation, not a grade. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 5 June 2025
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499 pupils · 87% of 572 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 37.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 30.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 15.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 7.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Website
- www.lipaschool.org
- URN
- 141103
In figures
At its inspection on 5 June 2025 Ofsted placed it in a category of concern (Special measures). In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 12.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Compare admissions across the area: Liverpool school admissions · the wider Liverpool authority
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
55 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
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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.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 46% (Liverpool 63%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Liverpool 6%, England 3%) · Any other White background 11% (Liverpool 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Liverpool 4%, England 3%) · Not recorded 6% (Liverpool 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Liverpool 5%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 5%) · 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)
26.98 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · 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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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)
80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 5.38% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
82.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 22.1 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 £49,614; 15.4% 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 all-through schools in brackets: Staff 80% (78%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 3% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 4% (4%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£708,000
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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
Inspection history since 2015
- 2 June 2026: Leaders and governors/trustees are taking effective action to improve the school but continued work is needed to remove the special measures designation
- 5 June 2025: Special measures
- 12 March 2024: Requires improvement
- 12 July 2017: Good
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)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 35.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 4.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 19.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 9.7% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 58.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 22.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 8.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 69.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 1.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 80.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 14.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 55.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034406 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £160,000696 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £128,000–£200,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth 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
- 8an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 21an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 160an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 32an 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