Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)
Special schoolRoyal School for the Blind (Liverpool) is a special school in Liverpool, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 80 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 6 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Liverpool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 41.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 37.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 55.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 4 | – | – |
- Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) 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
In a straight line- Wavertree Church of England SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2022. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)290 m
- The Blue Coat SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 78.6 (2025/26, provisional)300 m
- Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- Mosspits Lane Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- Greenbank Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- King David Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Liverpool
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).