Holly Lodge Girls' College, Liverpool

In its own words: "At Holly Lodge students will encounter these principles throughout everyday school life in the schools’ promotion of spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding both across the curriculum and as part of its ethos."

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Holly Lodge Girls’ College we believe in an ethos of high ambition, challenge and support. We challenge all members of our school community to be the best they can be and we effectively support them on this journey."

In 2026, pupils at Holly Lodge Girls' College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

45% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Liverpool and 47% in England.

That is down from 47.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.04: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.1, against 50.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, French and Statistics.

For September 2026 entry, 165 families put Holly Lodge Girls' College as their first choice and 468 named it as one of their preferences, for 218 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 14 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Holly Lodge Girls' College are West Derby School (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.5); St Edward's College (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 53.3); Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.7); and The Academy of St Francis of Assisi (1.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 32.8).

Holly Lodge Girls' College's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

47 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Holly Lodge Girls' College (as of September 2025): 87% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 22% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 23 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 35% went on to university or other higher education, 13% to apprenticeships and 26% into work. 4% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

45.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 29.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (60%), other ethnic groups (8%) and Black (8%).

In 2026, 224 pupils (22%) received SEN support and 15 (1.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Wavertree Technology Park Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mill Bank (opposite), 60 metres away.

In 2024/25, Holly Lodge Girls' College issued 162 suspensions, 16.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Holly Lodge Girls' College are Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles); Lister Primary School (0.5 miles); Roscoe Primary School (0.5 miles); and St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.