King's Leadership Academy Wavertree
General Information
- Address: Stephenson Way, Liverpool, L13 1HD – View on map
- Phone: 01514526318
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Benjamin Barker
- Age range: 11-16 years
- Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 85 families put it first for 205 places – 4 for every 10 places. 99% of them were offered a place. 4 of the 205 places went to families living outside the council area.
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
179 pupils on roll
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 91
- % eligible for free school meals: 50.8%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Liverpool average)
- English as an additional language: 42% (England 22%)
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Liverpool: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 42 (1.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 77 (2.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 31 (0.9 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Liverpool, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 27.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
An Ofsted rating for this school hasn't been added yet.
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Financials
Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.
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