The Prescot School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F31
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Liverpool, L34 3NB
- Distance
- 2.7km away
Lord Derby Academy
Seel Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 6DG
Local ranking3rd of 6 secondary schools in Knowsley
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 27 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 34.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 18.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 42.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 206
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1078
- Boys
- 531 (49%)
- Girls
- 545 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (98% full)
- SEND
- 16.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 54.1%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.5%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,214/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.4%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
91.4%
White British
2.1%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Seel Road
Liverpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 140412
- UKPRN
- 10044190
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- THE DEAN TRUST
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