King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool, Liverpool

In its own words: "In order to support the growth of King's Leadership Academy Liverpool, we are always seeking talented people to join our team."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to the King's Leadership Academy Liverpool from Principal - Mr Scott Cordon I am extremely proud to introduce myself as Principal; this is a dynamic, forward-thinking and ambitious school. It is an enormous honour and privilege to work at such a special establishment."

In 2026, pupils at King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

30% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Liverpool and 47% in England.

That is up from 34.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.54: pupils made well below 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 31, against 47 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Construction and the Built Environment.

For September 2026 entry, 83 families put King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool as their first choice and 245 named it as one of their preferences, for 189 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool are The Belvedere Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 52.4); Bellerive FCJ Catholic College (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8); St Hilda's Church of England High School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6); and St Margaret's Church of England Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool.

King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool is one of 8 schools run by The Great Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.3 in 2024/25.

Of the 131 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 53% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

64.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 44.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (32%), other ethnic groups (25%) and Black (12%).

King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool had 44 teachers in 2026, one for every 21 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is St Michaels Rail Station, about 430 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shorefields School (nw-bound), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 5th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool issued 844 suspensions, 94 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool are Matthew Arnold Primary School (0.1 miles), St Finbar's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Charles' Catholic Academy (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.