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St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs
All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–19 · Non-maintained special school
Yew Tree Lane, West Derby, Liverpool L12 9HN · stvin.com · 0151 228 9968
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- GCSEs, 2023/24
- 7.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Liverpool 41.3, England 45.9
- Pupils
- 48
- 96% of 50 places
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 2.6%
- First language not English
- 6.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2023/24 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 7.7, and 0% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Liverpool it was 41.3, and across England 45.9.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| hidden | 46 | ||
| hidden | 45.4% | ||
| hidden | 64.8% | ||
| hidden | 40.5% | ||
| hidden | 4.09 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | |
|---|---|
| Other education | 100 |
Ofsted
St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 23 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2023
Other inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jul 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Jan 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Dec 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 14
- 30% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (100%) with SEND