Abbot's Lea School
Beaconsfield Road, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 6EE
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ania Hildrey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Liverpool Garston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 272
- Pupils on roll
- 272
- URN
- 104736
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01514281161
About this school
Abbot's Lea School is a community special school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 272 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. 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 13 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -14.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -13.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -14.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 29 | 26 | 39 |
| Attainment 8 score | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.57 -2.10 to -1.05 | -1.60 -2.17 to -1.03 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
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 Abbot's Lea School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Liverpool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 55.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Liverpool average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2.6 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.8 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2.3 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 271 |
| 2023/24 | 271 |
| 2024/25 | 272 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.57%
- English as an additional language
- 8.1%
- Overall absence
- 11.84%
- Persistent absence
- 27.95%
Location
Nearby schools
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SENDSCOPE0.1 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
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Woolton High School0.2 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
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Carleton House Preparatory School0.6 miles
Independent schools
-
Liverpool Hope University0.8 miles
Universities · Liverpool
-
Childwall Abbey School0.9 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
- 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
- Foundations for LIFE School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Abbot's Lea School teach?
- Abbot's Lea School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Abbot's Lea School?
- The headteacher of Abbot's Lea School is Mrs Ania Hildrey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Abbot's Lea School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Abbot's Lea School, 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 Abbot's Lea School?
- Abbot's Lea School has 272 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Abbot's Lea School full?
- Abbot's Lea School has capacity for 272 pupils and 272 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Abbot's Lea School a faith school?
- No. Abbot's Lea School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Abbot's Lea School have?
- The schools register lists Abbot's Lea School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Abbot's Lea School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Abbot's Lea School's absence rate?
- Abbot's Lea School's overall absence rate is 11.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Abbot's Lea School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbot's Lea School'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 2 July 2026.