Crosby High School
De Villiers Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 2TH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Griffiths
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Sefton Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 175
- Pupils on roll
- 173
- URN
- 104980
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01519243671
About this school
Crosby High School is a community special school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 173 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Crosby High School, 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 30 | 35 | 34 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | 0.3 |
| 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 | - | - | 0.0 |
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 Crosby High 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 167 |
| 2023/24 | 165 |
| 2024/25 | 170 |
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)
- 61.18%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 9.52%
- Persistent absence
- 24.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Olsen House School0.6 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
-
St. Mary's College0.6 miles
Independent schools · Liverpool
-
Jigsaw Primary Pupil Referral Unit0.8 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Liverpool
-
Newfield School0.9 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
-
Merchant Taylors' Schools0.9 miles
Independent 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
- Educ8 Liverpool Special schools
- Everton Free School & Football College Free Schools
- Finch Woods Academy Academies
- Foundations for LIFE School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Crosby High School teach?
- Crosby High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Crosby High School?
- The headteacher of Crosby High School is Mr Ian Griffiths, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Crosby High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crosby High 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 many pupils are at Crosby High School?
- Crosby High School has 173 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Crosby High School full?
- Crosby High School has capacity for 175 pupils and 173 on roll (99%), 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 Crosby High School a faith school?
- No. Crosby High School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Crosby High School have?
- The schools register lists Crosby High School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Crosby High School's absence rate?
- Crosby High School's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crosby High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crosby High 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 29 June 2026.