Alsop High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,336 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.2
Academy sponsor led
King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool
- Pupils on roll
- 940of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 64.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 125
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 14 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Shorefields School (URN 104691, until 1 June 2012).
What the data says
Of the 133 pupils who finished Year 11 at King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool in 2023, 27% stayed on in King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool’s own sixth form (Liverpool average 46%), 43% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
17% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 34.5 against 46.1 across England and 42.1 in Liverpool, with 22% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Liverpool and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 133 | 5,186 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 76% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 27% | 46% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 17% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 4% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.5 | 42.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 38% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 44% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.05 | 3.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 68% | 41% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.2 | 32.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.7 | 49.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 41% | 17% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 126 | 100% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 42% |
| English Language | 125 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 54% |
| English Literature | 114 | 91% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 54% |
| Combined Science | 81 | 65% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 15% |
| History | 70 | 56% | 41% | 3% | 26% | 34% |
| Spanish | 44 | 35% | 19% | 14% | 27% | 68% |
| Chemistry | 42 | 34% | 23% | 12% | 47% | 79% |
| Physics | 42 | 34% | 23% | 12% | 46% | 74% |
| Biology | 42 | 34% | 23% | 7% | 45% | 74% |
| Fine Art | 38 | 30% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 37% |
| Religious Studies | 36 | 29% | 31% | 6% | 32% | 36% |
| Geography | 36 | 29% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 36% |
| Business Studies | 28 | 22% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 68% |
| Arabic | 20 | 16% | 1% | 40% | 47% | 60% |
| Physical Education | 3 | 2% | 11% | — | 24% | — |
| Art and Design | 2 | 2% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Music | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 56 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 17 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 13 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 11 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Liverpool
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,142 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,179 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.0
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Academy converter · sixth form · 955 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
Broughton Hall Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,175 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.2
Calderstones School
Community school · sixth form · 1,592 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.