Lakeside School
Naylors Road, Liverpool, L27 2YA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Victoria Size
- Constituency
- Knowsley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 114
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- URN
- 133262
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01514877211
About this school
Lakeside School is an independent special school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 5 to 17 and has 100 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Lakeside School under its current framework. 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
Lakeside School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in February 2001, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 1 |
| 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 Lakeside 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37 |
| 2023/24 | 63 |
| 2024/25 | 91 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 100
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hope School0.9 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
-
Lawrence House School1.0 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
-
Childwall Abbey School1.4 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
-
Knowsley Central School1.6 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
-
Alt Bridge School1.6 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 Lakeside School teach?
- Lakeside School teaches children aged 5 to 17. It is a special school in Liverpool.
- Who is the head teacher of Lakeside School?
- The head teacher of Lakeside School is Mrs Victoria Size, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lakeside School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lakeside 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 Lakeside School?
- Lakeside School has 100 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 17.
- Is Lakeside School full?
- Lakeside School has capacity for 114 pupils and 100 on roll (88%), 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 Lakeside School a faith school?
- No. Lakeside School has no designated religious character.
- What are Lakeside School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lakeside 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 24 July 2026.