Childwall Abbey School
Childwall Abbey Road, Childwall, Liverpool, L16 5EY
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Piercy
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 130
- Pupils on roll
- 216
- URN
- 134658
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01517221995
About this school
Childwall Abbey School is a community special school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 216 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 3 July 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 28 | 27 | 31 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.5 | 5.0 | 2.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.47 -2.06 to -0.88 | -1.34 -1.95 to -0.74 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.4 | 0.4 | 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 Childwall Abbey 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 | 5.5 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 35.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2.6 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 15% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 179 |
| 2023/24 | 213 |
| 2024/25 | 217 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 69.73%
- English as an additional language
- 5.5%
- Overall absence
- 14.96%
- Persistent absence
- 41.49%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Liverpool Hope University0.5 miles
Universities · Liverpool
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Hope School0.7 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
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Woolton High School0.8 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
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SENDSCOPE0.8 miles
Special schools · Liverpool
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Carleton House Preparatory School0.8 miles
Independent schools
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
- 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 Childwall Abbey School teach?
- Childwall Abbey School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Childwall Abbey School?
- The headteacher of Childwall Abbey School is Mrs Catherine Piercy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Childwall Abbey School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Childwall Abbey 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 Childwall Abbey School?
- Childwall Abbey School has 216 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Childwall Abbey School full?
- Childwall Abbey School has capacity for 130 pupils and 216 on roll (166%), 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 Childwall Abbey School a faith school?
- No. Childwall Abbey School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Childwall Abbey School have?
- The schools register lists Childwall Abbey School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Childwall Abbey School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 5.5 in 2022/23 and 2.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Childwall Abbey School's absence rate?
- Childwall Abbey School's overall absence rate is 15% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Childwall Abbey School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Childwall Abbey 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 1 July 2026.