Notre Dame Catholic Academy
Performance (KS4 GCSE)
Ofsted judgements
Getting a place
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 Notre Dame Catholic Academy. 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
- 991
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
Nearby secondary schools
Location
Official sources
School overview
Notre Dame Catholic Academy is a secondary school serving Liverpool, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 991 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Notre Dame Catholic Academy 'Requires improvement'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 31.0 — well below the national average (national average: 46). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.
22% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 36% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 94% of the families who made Notre Dame Catholic Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. There are about 13.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Notre Dame Catholic Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.