Welcome to University Academy

Welcome to University Academy’s website I hope you find all the information you need about our Academy. Students at University Academy will have many opportunities, they will receive excellent teaching from skilled and inspirational teachers who know how to get the best from young people and who understand how to make learning interesting and fun. More

Year 11 Graduation Award Winners Ceremony

On Friday 17th May 2013, we held our Graduation Award Winners Ceremony for our Year 11s at the Florrie. More

City Athletic Champion

Congratulations to Year 7 student Steve Monthe who became City Athletic 300 metre champion, capping his performance by taking Silver in the 200 metre race. More

Year 7 Liverpool University Raising Aspirations Visit

84 of our Year 7 students took part in a Raising Aspirations day on the 30th April 2013 at Liverpool University, the day was fun filled and packed with activities. More

UA Warrington - Performing Math's Challenge

For your chance to win a holiday watch this video:
Day 2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMZAfiyagbA
Day 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pIY6rEd0s

Holocaust Study Day

On Thursday 18th April all of Year 10 and the History GCSE groups were fortunate to listen to the story of Holocaust Survivor Jack Aizenberg and David Arnold. More

Georgia Teare England Trials!

Congratulations go to Georgia Teare who has been selected for trials with England under 15 schoolgirls - at the age of 13! Well done Georgia.

Year 10 Girls' Dodge Ball team through to City Finals!

Our Year 10 Girls' Dodge Ball team are through to the City Finals following an impressive series of knockouts against teams from across Liverpool. Special mention to Whittney Smith and Ashlea MacFarlane for their steely determination to succeed!

STEM Day at Chester University

43 Year 10 pupils took part in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) day at Chester University. More

Oxford University

On Saturday 23rd March students from year groups 9 to 12 braved the snow and freezing conditions to venture south to the birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford-Upon-Avon. More

Festival Gardens

Mr Feeney's year 7 and 9 science classes visited the famous festival gardens along the river Mersey last week. Year 7 pupils are studying different habitats, animal adaptations and food chains. More

Happy Feet Dance Competition

Timothy Walimbwa, Esperant Cadito and Jonathon Loimo competed in a South Liverpool Schools Dance Competition in which 9 academies and schools from South Liverpool contended. More

A Young Person's View on Work Experience

I find that my overall day at Career Connect is very interesting because I get to see what a working environment is really like. More

Creative Writing workshop / World Book Day

Thursday 7th March 2013 was World Book and the pupils at University Academy celebrated it in various ways, including hosting a creative writing workshop run by local young writer Charlie Hart. More

Year 11 Buddy Group

We are a group of students in Year 11 that are supervised by Miss Eastwood and are working as a group to be a helping force for pupils. More

Girls' Extra-Curricular Clubs

There will be a number of girls extra-curricular clubs for year 7 to year 11 starting next week (week commencing 18th March).

• 1. Year 7 and 8 Girls Volleyball - Monday Lunch
• 2. Year 7 and 8 Girls Football - Tuesday Lunch
• 3. Year 9-11 Girls Aerobics/Zumba - Thursday After School 3:05-4:05. This club would be a great opportunity for tutees beginning their Duke of Edinburgh Award as this can count towards the practical aspect of the award.

Students finish the Academy day on Wednesday’s  at 2.10. Here we have a fantastic opportunity for you to do something really useful, fun and possibly life changing. Working with the Liverpool Scouts we can now offer UAL students the chance to become scouts in our very own UAL Troop.

So if you are interested why not let us know and you may just be starting something that changes you forever!

What is the Scouts?

Scouting has been around for a long time. It is an organisation where you can join in with your friends, learn skills, get experiences you would not get anywhere else, build up your confidence and be part of something that is respected all over the world. More Information...

Attention UA Students! Two new after school clubs starting...

1. International Club - students will have the chance to try foods from around the world, learn about different countries, religions and languages and earn the opportunity to attend a trip to Portugal to visit a link school.
This will be on Monday nights (starting 11th March) 3.05pm - 4.05pm in D18.

2. Debate Club - students will learn to debate through a range of speaking and listening games and activities. UA hope to be able to enter a team in to some inter-schools debates by the end of the summer term.
This will be on Tuesday nights (starting 12th March) 3.05pm - 4.05pm in D18.

World Book Day

Thursday 7th March 2013 was World Book and the pupils at University Academy celebrated it in various ways, including hosting a creative writing workshop run by local young writer Charlie Hart. More

Stephen Twigg MP Visit

On Friday 8th February, University Academy was delighted to receive a visit from The Right Honourable Stephen Twigg MP, the Shadow Secretary for Education. More

Half Term - Anything Maths can do…

The English department has added to the tremendous work earlier in the half term week carried out by the maths department. More

Half Term - Sign Language Course

Ten University Academy students gave up their half-term to complete a Level 1 British Sign Language Course. More

Half Term - Fantastic turnout for Maths Revision

27 students attended maths revision sessions to prepare them for the GCSE (First paper on 28th February). The day tells you everything about our staff and students. More

Accelerated Reading programme

See the winners of our Star Reader half termly draw. More

Attitude to Learning - Term 2

The following students have received an attitude to learning of a '1' or '2' in the last data collection. This means that in these subjects these students have exceeded their expected outcomes. More

Applications for Year 7 for University Academy 2013 - Now Open

Application forms for the Academy are now available.

• Download: Application Form
• Hard copy: available from our reception - Dingle Vale, Liverpool L8 9SJ (Get Directions)
• By Post: If you would like a copy to be posted please phone 0151 727 1387

With results last year hitting an all-time high and our 6th Form growing to over twice the previous year's size, we anticipate high levels of interest in the Academy.

We would strongly recommend that you make an early application so that we can process this as quickly as possible.

If you would like to speak to a member of the leadership team for more details or help with your application do not hesitate in contacting the Academy to make an appointment.