Liverpool
St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs
Close to home and non-selective, but attainment sits below the national average and the last inspection asked for improvement.
What the data says
Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.
Academic signal is not available for this school phase in our current dataset.
No Progress 8 data is available for this school in the years we hold.
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Watch-outs
- Small cohort (2 pupils in the latest results year). Figures may be less reliable and some data may be suppressed.
What to do next
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Admissions and catchment
Council allocation figures
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Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/2025 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023/2024 | 7 | 7.7 | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5 |
| 2022/2023 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021/2022 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearby and similar schools
Other secondary schools in Liverpool for local comparison.
School information
| URN | 104734 |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Region | North West |
| Phase | Not applicable |
| Type | Non-maintained special school |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 4-19 |
| Headteacher | Principal David Swanston |
| Trust | — |
| Admissions | Not applicable |
| Religious character | Does not apply |
| Postcode | L12 9HN |
| Latest pupils | 2 |
| FSM eligible | 3.0% |
Contact and identifiers
Yew Tree Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 9HN
www.stvin.comView local authority page1512289968| DfE number | 7018 |
| UKPRN | 10001232 |
| Opened | — |
| GIAS updated | 29 Jan 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 29 Jan 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2024/2025 |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | 11 Jul 2024 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding | Effective |
| Inspection type | S5 Inspection |
| Category of concern | — |
| Inspection date | 23 Apr 2024 |
| Publication date | 11 Jul 2024 |