Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)
Church Road North, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 6TQ
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of School
- Mrs Josie Grainger-Francova
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 80
- URN
- 104735
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01517331012
About this school
Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) is a special school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 80 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - |
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 Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) 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 | 14.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 17.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 16.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 81 |
| 2023/24 | 88 |
| 2024/25 | 85 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.16%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 16.44%
- Persistent absence
- 49.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Liverpool Hope University1.1 miles
Universities · Liverpool
-
Carleton House Preparatory School1.1 miles
Independent schools
-
Childwall Abbey School1.5 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
-
Christian Fellowship School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Liverpool
-
Princes School1.7 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
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- Acre View Primary School Special schools
- Alt Bridge School Special schools
- Bank View High School Special schools
- 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 year groups does Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) teach?
- Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Liverpool.
- Who is the head of school of Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)?
- The head of school of Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) is Mrs Josie Grainger-Francova, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool), and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)?
- Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) has 80 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) full?
- Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) has capacity for 90 pupils and 80 on roll (89%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) a faith school?
- No. Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) have?
- The schools register lists Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)'s special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)'s absence rate?
- Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)'s overall absence rate is 16.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)'s exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)'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 15 July 2026.