Notre Dame Catholic Academy, Liverpool

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, chess, eco club and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Notre Dame Catholic Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 30, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Liverpool and 47 across England.

16% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 38% in Liverpool and 47% in England.

That is down from 31 in 2025.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 25.2, against 36 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 145 families put Notre Dame Catholic Academy as their first choice and 390 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Notre Dame Catholic Academy are North Liverpool Academy (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.5); Purple Ruler (1.3 miles); The Academy of St Francis of Assisi (1.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 32.8); and Alsop High School (1.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 33.1).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Notre Dame Catholic Academy.

Notre Dame Catholic Academy is one of 11 schools run by St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

34 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Notre Dame Catholic Academy (as of April 2026): 29% would recommend the school, 38% say their child is happy there and 13% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (44%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (13%).

50.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 163 pupils (16.8%) received SEN support and 83 (8.6%) 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.

Notre Dame Catholic Academy has a resourced provision for autism: 20 places, 19 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Sandhills Rail Station, about 1000 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

24 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Boundary Street East (adjacent), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Notre Dame Catholic Academy 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 578 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Liverpool (342), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Notre Dame Catholic Academy issued 563 suspensions, 56.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 19 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Notre Dame Catholic Academy are Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), The Beacon Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles), Faith Primary Academy (0.5 miles) and The Trinity Catholic Academy (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.