King David High School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school Liverpool·L15 6WU
Composite score
67.9
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National rank
#46
In North West
#4
In Liverpool
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
54.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
68%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
79%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
4.67

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
72%
151 first choices, 133 places
First choices per place
1.14
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
785
any preference, for 133 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.31
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5220221.5820231.3620241.4420251.142026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Liverpool does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for King David High School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
742
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Jewish
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
14.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.3
Typical secondary: 16.7

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
97%
111 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
95%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

King David High School at a glance

Located in Liverpool, King David High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Jewish religious character. The school educates roughly 742 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 54.3 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.0 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of secondary schools in England.

68% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 79% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. King David High School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 151 first choices for 133 places. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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