Latest Ofsted
Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard
- 4 May 2022Graded inspection: Good
- 18 December 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
School details
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Phase
- Not applicable
- URN · DfE number
- 134888 · 342/7009
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 74 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 6 December 2004
- Address
- 449 Wargrave Road, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 8RS
- Local authority
- St. Helens
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources