Notre Dame Catholic Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Liverpool council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Liverpool's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 145 families put this school as their first choice, and 179 places were offered. 137 of the families who put it first got a place (94%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 24 May 2022. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Notre Dame Catholic College, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

968 (capacity 1050)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Archdiocese of Liverpool

Academy trust

ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01513305122

Address

180 Great Homer Street, Liverpool, L5 5AF

Website

notredameliverpool.com

Official school record, including Ofsted reports