Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Knowsley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry362 applications · 202 places offered · 132 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.8
- 2025 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2023 1.4; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2022 1.5; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2021 1.4; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2020 1.4; Knowsley median median 1.5
- 2019 1.7; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2018 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2017 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.6
- 2016 2.2; Knowsley median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2015 2.3; Knowsley median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Knowsley median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Knowsley median
Dashed bars: as The Prescot School (URN 135477), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 202 | 362 | 1.8 | 132 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2025 | 188 | 293 | 1.6 | 109 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2024 | 205 | 325 | 1.6 | 107 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2023 | 230 | 330 | 1.4 | 112 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2022 | 202 | 312 | 1.5 | 128 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2021 | 194 | 266 | 1.4 | 103 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2020 | 191 | 261 | 1.4 | 96 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2019 | 207 | 341 | 1.7 | 115 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2018 | 157 | 278 | 1.8 | 110 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2017 | 198 | 354 | 1.8 | 141 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2016 * | 119 | 259 | 2.2 | 89 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2015 * | 113 | 258 | 2.3 | 72 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2014 * | 175 | 308 | 1.8 | 125 | 0.71 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 159 | 35.1 | 18% | 39% | – |
| 2024/25 | 146 | 35.5 | 23% | 44% | – |
| 2023/24 | 173 | 32.7 | 21% | 37% | −1.08 |
| 2022/23 | 158 | 32.9 | 18% | 39% | −0.88 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Prescot SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20241.8applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Knowsley20261.0applications per place 32.6Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · KnowsleyGood20232.2applications per place 34.3Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · St. HelensRequires improvement20232.4applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · St. HelensGood20231.9applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · LiverpoolGood20222.4applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Liverpool20263.0applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · St. Helens20262.1applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · LiverpoolRequires improvement20231.6applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142798 · 340/4613
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 915 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2016
- Replaced
- The Prescot School (URN 135477)
- Address
- Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, Liverpool, L34 3NB
- Local authority
- Knowsley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources