Marydale Lodge Sch, Liverpool
Marydale Lodge Sch is an all-through school for pupils aged 10 to 17 in Liverpool.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Marydale Lodge Sch in detail
Getting a place at Marydale Lodge Sch
Across St. Helens, 93% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in St. Helens lodged 73 appeals against secondary school offers; 56 reached a hearing and 17 succeeded (30.4% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Marydale Lodge Sch are Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (0.7 miles); The Academy of St Francis of Assisi (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 32.8); King's Leadership Academy Wavertree (1.1 miles); and LIPA School (1.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 38).
Archbishop Blanch CofE High SchoolThe Academy of St Francis of AssisiKing's Leadership Academy WavertreeLIPA School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Edge Hill Rail Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Jubilee Drive (adjacent), 50 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Marydale Lodge Sch stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 842 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, drug offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in St. Helens (144), as is usual near a town centre.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Marydale Lodge Sch are Kensington Primary School (0.1 miles), St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery (0.3 miles) and New Park Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
Kensington Primary SchoolSt Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolSacred Heart Catholic Primary School and NurseryNew Park Primary School
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby all-through schools
Keep up with Marydale Lodge Sch
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 80
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 19
- Children hurt
- 10
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 80 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 19 serious and 61 slight.
10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 4 in a vehicle or otherwise.
19 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in St. Helens is 11.5 (the median across 80 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Liverpool
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Liverpool
Across St. Helens council
Places available
2,109
Applications
1,849
Got 1st preference
93.3%
Got preferred school
98.4%
All secondary applications across St. Helens council (2026/27), not just this school.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
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Questions parents ask about Marydale Lodge Sch
What is the catchment area for Marydale Lodge Sch?
No fixed boundary. When Marydale Lodge Sch is oversubscribed, St. Helens allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Marydale Lodge Sch?
Apply through St. Helens's coordinated admissions process, naming Marydale Lodge Sch on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
How many road collisions happen near Marydale Lodge Sch?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 80 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 19 serious and 61 slight. 10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 4 in a vehicle or otherwise. 19 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in St. Helens is 11.5 (the median across 80 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Marydale Lodge Sch?
Marydale Lodge Sch is at Care of: Nugent Care, 99 Edge Lane, Liverpool, L7 2PE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)