The Prescot School

Academy converter · Secondary school · Liverpool, Knowsley
L34 3NB
Composite score
44.4

School overview

The Prescot School is a secondary school serving Liverpool, Knowsley, classified by the DfE as an academy converter. It has 915 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated The Prescot School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 35.5, well below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

23% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 44% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering The Prescot School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,967
National rank
#403
In North West
#4
In Knowsley
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
35.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
23%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
44%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
2.90

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 915 % FSM ever-6 54.2% % EAL 11.5% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed

Location

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