King's Leadership Academy Wavertree
Secondary · Liverpool · L13 1HD
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Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
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179 pupils (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 50.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 150311
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 85 families named it first for 205 Year 7 places, 0.41 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.41 first-choice applications per place205 places offered · 85 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Liverpool school admissions · the wider Liverpool authority
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 26% (Liverpool 63%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 21% (Liverpool 6%, England 3%) · Black African 11% (Liverpool 5%, England 5%) · Not recorded 10% (Liverpool 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Liverpool 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Liverpool 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Liverpool 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 3% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Liverpool 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Liverpool 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,632; 30% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 34% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 23% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 24.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 27.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 46.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 39.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 23.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 37.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 2.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 13.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 7.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 45.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006725 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £135,000439 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £108,000–£171,000the 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
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 10an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 42an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 10an 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