King's Leadership Academy Wavertree

What King's Leadership Academy Wavertree does

King's Leadership Academy Wavertree is a non-selective, state-funded mainstream secondary school located in the Wavertree Technology Park area of Liverpool, England, operating as an academy within the Great Schools Trust multi-academy trust and registered as a charity in England and Wales (No. 07641004). It serves students in Years 7-11 from the Wavertree community, delivering the EBacc curriculum across 13 subjects and embedding a Character and Leadership curriculum built around the ASPIRE values (Aspiration, Achievement, Self-awareness, Integrity, Respect, Endeavour). Pupil outcomes reported include 95%+ progression to further education, training or employment, 95%+ EBacc uptake and 100% participation in the Duke of Edinburgh Award.

The school's core academic platform is augmented by the My Child at School (MCAS) parent portal — covering attendance, behaviour, assessment, parents' evening booking and online payments via ParentPay/WisePay integrations — and by SPARXReader, SPARXScience and SPARXMaths digital homework tools delivered on school Chromebooks. Enrichment is a material differentiator: a Combined Cadet Force with a Royal Navy Sea Power specialism adds 24 cadet places annually, a Wednesday Enrichment Programme offers 20+ clubs, and a careers programme is aligned to the Gatsby Benchmarks from Year 7. The academy also holds DfE Behaviour Hubs Lead School status (2022).

Commercially, the institution does not charge tuition: revenue derives from per-pupil Department for Education funding routed through Great Schools Trust, with ancillary income from a uniform e-commerce shop (Kitted Out School Wear). Go-to-market is admissions-driven rather than commercial — open events, the school website, and Facebook act as top-of-funnel channels, while day-to-day engagement with parents runs through MCAS. Leadership consists of Mr B Barker as Principal and Ms R Ashley as Careers Leader; the academy has 17 listed employees. A planned 'New Build' capital project referenced in site navigation points to physical capacity expansion.

Name

King's Leadership Academy Wavertree

Legal name

King's Leadership Academy Wavetree School

Website

https://kingswavertree.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

King's Leadership Academy Wavertree is a non-selective UK state-funded secondary school in Liverpool, part of the Great Schools Trust, serving Years 7-11 with the EBacc curriculum, ASPIRE character programme, Royal Navy CCF, and Duke of Edinburgh Award, funded by the DfE.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Instructional Delivery & Pedagogy (School-Led) (EDAJAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Career Readiness & College Prep (In-School) (EDAJAFAM), Standards Alignment & Curriculum Mapping (State/National) (EDAJAFAD), Student Government & Leadership Programs (EDAJAJAH), Literacy & ELA Instruction (School-Delivered) (EDAJAFAF)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Character education
• Leadership development
• Academy schooling
• Enrichment programmes

Headquarters

HQ city

Liverpool

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

King's Leadership Academy Wavertree is a non-selective mainstream UK state secondary school (academy) delivering full-time education for students in Years 7–11. Its core offering is classroom-based curriculum delivery across 13 subjects aligned with the EBacc framework, supplemented by the ASPIRE character and leadership programme, the World of Work careers programme, and a Wednesday enrichment programme offering more than 20 clubs and activities.

Product overview

King's Leadership Academy Wavertree is a non-selective mainstream secondary school offering a comprehensive educational service. The core offering comprises classroom-based curriculum delivery across 13 subjects (English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, Spanish, Art, Music, Drama, PE, AI & Computing, Character and Leadership) supplemented by digital tools including the My Child at School (MCAS) parent portal and SPARX digital homework platform. The school also provides enrichment through its Wednesday enrichment programme offering 20+ clubs, the Combined Cadet Force with Royal Navy specialism, and the Duke of Edinburgh Award programme. Character and leadership development is embedded through the ASPIRE values programme, while careers guidance is delivered via the World of Work Programme aligned to Gatsby Benchmarks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Secondary School Education (Years 7–11)

Quantifiable outcome

• 95%+ of students go on to further education, training and employment
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Great Schools TrustcoreOthersParent trust organisation that King's Leadership Academy Wavertree is a proud member of. Great Schools Trust operates a family of schools in England. King's Wavertree is registered as a charity in England & Wales (No. 07641004).
• Royal NavycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Combined Cadet Force (CCF) at King's has a specialism in Sea Power provided by the Royal Navy. Every year, 24 new places are available, with participants enjoying regular naval opportunities at leading Royal Navy sites across the country. The CCF aims to develop qualities of teamwork, self-reliance, resourcefulness, leadership and responsibility.
• Outdoor Education ProviderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school partners with outdoor education providers and the Armed Forces to deliver the leadership residential programme in Years 7 & 8, providing adventure and experiential learning experiences in outdoor-based environments.
• Kitted Out School WearminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExternal uniform supplier providing King's-branded school uniform and PE kit through an online shop.
• My Child at School (MCAS)coreTechnology or IntegrationOnline parent portal platform enabling parents to view real-time attendance, behaviour, assessment data, timetables, book parents' evenings, and make online payments for school activities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• West Derby School: Nearby Liverpool secondary school. Comparable as a regional competitor for the same student catchment and a like-for-like benchmark on outcomes and parent sentiment.
• St Margaret's Church of England Academy: Liverpool-based secondary school serving a similar urban demographic. Comparable as a local competitor for student enrollment and a benchmark for the regional secondary market.

Broad incumbents

• Dixons Academies Trust: Large northern multi-academy trust operating multiple secondary schools with a strong academic and character orientation. Comparable on trust-scale secondary education and high EBacc orientations but a broader geographic footprint.
• Harris Federation: Major multi-academy trust running numerous secondary schools, including in the North West. Comparable on the secondary-academy operating model and outcomes-tracking infrastructure, though far larger and more geographically diverse.
• ARK Academies: Multi-academy trust running a portfolio of secondary schools across England with similar curriculum and pupil-premium focus. Comparable as a non-selective urban secondary operator with structured enrichment.
• Oasis Academy Trust: National multi-academy trust with secondary academies including locations in Liverpool. Comparable on non-selective intake, character/values-driven ethos, and community-embedded school model.

Direct peers

• Great Schools Trust: The multi-academy trust that operates King's Leadership Academy Wavertree; its portfolio of academies provides the most direct benchmark for governance, central funding, and operating model.
• King's Leadership Academy Liverpool: Sister school within the Great Schools Trust sharing the same leadership/character education ethos and ASPIRE-type framework. Direct comparable on operating model, enrichment offering, and target demographic.

Others

• My Child at School (MCAS) / Groupcall: Provider of the parent engagement and payments portal used by King's Leadership Academy Wavertree. Relevant as a software vendor enabling the school's parent-facing infrastructure.
• Cleverbox: Provider of the school's website and marketing infrastructure (per the cited 2022 launch). Relevant as an enabling technology vendor rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kingswavertree
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kingswavertree

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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