LIPA Sixth Form College
LIPA Sixth Form College is a free schools 16 to 19 in Liverpool for boys and girls aged 14 to 19. It has 398 pupils, 33 more than it has places for. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
41 Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 9DY0151 330 3232lipasixthformcollege.orgMr Edward Pinner directorAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
200 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 200 | 194 | 181 | 194 | 353 | 355 |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Liverpool council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Specific learning difficulty (29), emotional and mental health (17), Autistic spectrum disorder (13), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (5), Physical disability (2), language and communications needs (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 398 | 402 | 386 | 371 | 370 | 363 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 13% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 6% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 22% | 19% | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 180 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 71% went on to degree-level study or training and 18% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 90% | 92% | 85% | – |
| Education | 68% | 69% | 62% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| Work | 22% | 21% | 21% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 8% | 6% | 12% | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts | Higher education institutions | 30 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| LIPA School | Free school | 180 m | 499 | Report card 2026 | 4 | Compare |
| University of Liverpool Mathematics School | Free schools 16 to 19 | 450 m | 123 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Liverpool John Moores University | Higher education institutions | 480 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Abercromby Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 540 m | 71 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| The City of Liverpool College | Further education | 560 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Pleasant Street Primary School | Council | 570 m | 225 | Good 2023 | 73 | Compare |
| St Nicholas Catholic Academy | Academy | 610 m | 157 | No overall grade 2025 | 44 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is LIPA Sixth Form College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score LIPA Sixth Form College yet.
How many pupils does LIPA Sixth Form College have?
398 pupils aged 14 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 365 places, so it is 109% full.
How big are the classes at LIPA Sixth Form College?
The average class had 16.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does LIPA Sixth Form College have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 41 Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, L1 9DY
- Telephone
- 0151 330 3232
- Website
- www.lipasixthformcollege.org
- Director
- Mr Edward Pinner
- Type of school
- Free schools 16 to 19 (Free schools 16 to 19, free schools)
- Phase
- Sixth form / post-16, ages 14-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- The Lipa Multi Academy Trust (2 schools)
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Ward
- Canning
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 12 September 2016
- URN
- 142891 · LAESTAB 3414007 · UKPRN 10056979
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.