Lipa School

State-Funded School

lipa-school-liverpool-north-west

North WestRegion

LiverpoolLocal Authority

Liverpool RiversideConstituency

L1 7BTPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Lipa School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 4–16, located in Liverpool, North West.

It currently serves 499 pupils. Lipa School is part of THE LIPA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Inadequate

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Early yearsprovision

Inadequate

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

57%

Asian

Black

Mixed

17%

Chinese

Any other group

12%

Unclassified

Pupils

499

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 4 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 499
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THE LIPA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 Jul 2025	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Not judged
13 May 2024	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
25 Sept 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.