# Presfield High School and Specialist College

Presfield High School and Specialist College is a special school in Sefton, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 132 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E104977. [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 132
- Council: Sefton
- URN: 104977

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, September 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 27 September 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Presfield High School and Specialist College was 13.1, against 43.0 in Sefton and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Sefton | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 13.1 | 43.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 39% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 10.5% | 60.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 19 | – | – |

Presfield High School and Specialist College teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Peterhouse School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/peterhouse-school-e133748): 60 m. Special. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- [Larkfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/larkfield-primary-school-e104887): 90 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Crossens Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crossens-nursery-school-e104845): 90 m. Nursery. Good (overall), May 2024
- [Churchtown Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/churchtown-primary-school-e146688): 520 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Patrick's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-patricks-catholic-primary-school-e104918): 530 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Stanley High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanley-high-school-e144618): 890 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 40.8 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/104977)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/104977)

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