LIPA School
All-through schoolLIPA School is a all-through school in Liverpool, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 499 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 40% of pupils at LIPA School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Liverpool and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at LIPA School was 38.0, against 41.9 in Liverpool and 46.2 in England.
24.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 38.0 | 41.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24.5% | 37.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45.3% | 55.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 53 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- LIPA Sixth Form CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file180 m
- St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Liverpool Life Sciences UTCSecondary. Standards maintained, May 2025. Attainment 8 of 43.6 (2025/26, provisional)560 m
- The Studio School LiverpoolSecondary. School remains Good, April 2024. Attainment 8 of 46.1 (2025/26, provisional)560 m
- Pleasant Street Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- The City of Liverpool CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file600 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Liverpool
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).