Peterhouse School
Preston New Road, Churchtown, Southport, PR9 8PA
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Calvin Wallace
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Southport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 70
- URN
- 133748
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01704506682
About this school
Peterhouse School is a special school in Southport. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 70 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Peterhouse School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected 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 | 9 | 9 |
| 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 Peterhouse 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 | 22.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 23.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 25.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 72 |
| 2023/24 | 66 |
| 2024/25 | 69 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 10 May 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.93%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 25.12%
- Persistent absence
- 46.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Presfield High School and Specialist College0.0 miles
Special schools · Southport
-
Educ8 Southport1.8 miles
Special schools · Southport
-
Arden College2.0 miles
Other types
-
Scarisbrick Hall School4.5 miles
Independent schools
-
AKS Lytham5.5 miles
Independent schools · Lytham St Annes
Other schools in Southport
- Educ8 Southport Special schools
- Merefield School Academies
- Presfield High School and Specialist College Special schools
- Crossens Nursery School Nursery
- Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Banks Methodist School Primary
- Banks St Stephen's CofE School Primary
- Birkdale Primary School Primary
- Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Churchtown Primary School Primary
- Farnborough Road Infant School Primary
- Farnborough Road Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Peterhouse School teach?
- Peterhouse School teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Southport.
- Who is the headteacher of Peterhouse School?
- The headteacher of Peterhouse School is Mr Calvin Wallace, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Peterhouse School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Peterhouse 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 Peterhouse School?
- Peterhouse School has 70 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is Peterhouse School full?
- Peterhouse School has capacity for 80 pupils and 70 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 Peterhouse School a faith school?
- No. Peterhouse School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Peterhouse School have?
- The schools register lists Peterhouse School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Peterhouse School's absence rate?
- Peterhouse School's overall absence rate is 25.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Peterhouse School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Peterhouse 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 15 July 2026.