Rowan Park School
Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, L21 0DB
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Rowan Park School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Karen Lynskey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 227
- Pupils on roll
- 307
- URN
- 104983
- Local authority
- Sefton
About this school
Rowan Park School was a community special school in Liverpool. It taught children aged 3 to 19 and had 307 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Rowan Park School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -4.60 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.80 | - |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 24 | 22 |
| Attainment 8 score | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.51 -3.09 to -1.93 | -2.14 -2.74 to -1.53 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 4.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Trends over time
How Rowan Park 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 | Sefton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 55.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Sefton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1.3 | 37.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 3.4 | 36.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 35.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 297 |
| 2023/24 | 307 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.8%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 11.9%
- Persistent absence
- 33.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rowan Park School0.0 miles
Academies · Liverpool
-
Waterside Academy0.5 miles
Academies · Liverpool
-
PANDA Schools0.6 miles
Special schools · Bootle
-
The Motiv8 School0.7 miles
Special schools · Sefton
-
Foundations for LIFE School0.9 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
- Abbot's Lea School Special schools
- 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 Rowan Park School teach?
- Rowan Park School taught children aged 3 to 19. It was a special school in Liverpool.
- Has Rowan Park School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Rowan Park School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Rowan Park School?
- Rowan Park School had 307 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- How have Rowan Park 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 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Rowan Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rowan Park 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 31 August 2024.