St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs
Yew Tree Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 9HN
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mr David Swanston
- Religious ethos
- Roman Catholic
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
- Constituency
- Liverpool West Derby
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 50
- Pupils on roll
- 48
- URN
- 104734
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01512289968
About this school
St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs is a special school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 48 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 7.7 | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.5 | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | 46 |
| 2024/25 | 43 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
- 23 April 2024
-
Ungraded inspection report2 February 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.29%
- English as an additional language
- 9.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.38%
- Persistent absence
- 40%
Location
Nearby schools
-
NexGen Academy0.6 miles
Independent schools · Liverpool
-
Clifford Holroyde Sen College0.9 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
-
The Hospital and Home Tuition Team at Sandfield Park School1.0 miles
Other types · Liverpool
-
Sandfield Park School1.0 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
-
Meadow Park School1.1 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Knowsley
Other schools in Liverpool
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- Bluebell Park School Special schools
- Childwall Abbey School Special schools
- Clifford Holroyde Sen College Special schools
- Co-op Academy Rathbone Academies
- Crosby High School Special schools
- Educ8 Liverpool Special schools
- Everton Free School & Football College Free Schools
- Finch Woods Academy Academies
Common questions
- What ages does St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs teach?
- St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Liverpool.
- Who is the principal of St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs?
- The principal of St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs is Mr David Swanston, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs?
- St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs has 48 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs full?
- St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs has capacity for 50 pupils and 48 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs a faith school?
- No. St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs have?
- The schools register lists St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs's absence rate?
- St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs's overall absence rate is 11.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.