The Prescot School
Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, Liverpool, L34 3NB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST)
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Reynolds
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Heath Family Trust
- Constituency
- Knowsley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 915
- URN
- 142798
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01514593580
About this school
The Prescot School is a secondary academy in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 915 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Prescot 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 158 | 173 | 146 |
| Attainment 8 score | 32.9 | 32.7 | 35.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.88 -1.11 to -0.66 | -1.08 -1.29 to -0.86 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% | 20.8% | 22.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% | 37% | 43.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 28.3% | 24.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
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 The Prescot 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 | Knowsley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 32.9 | 27.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.7 | 27.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.5 | 28.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 855 |
| 2023/24 | 890 |
| 2024/25 | 915 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Prescot School compares
The Prescot School ranked 4th of 6 secondary schools in Knowsley for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.5 | 11.9% | 54.2% | 915 | — |
| Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy | 30.2 | 16.2% | 50.2% | 730 | 1.5 miles |
| Lord Derby Academy | 39.9 | 9.2% | 54.1% | 1,076 | 1.7 miles |
| De La Salle School | — | 9.3% | 24.8% | 1,180 | 2.4 miles |
| Rainhill High School | 45.9 | 6% | 18.4% | 1,535 | 2.8 miles |
| Broughton Hall Catholic High School | 39.2 | 11.8% | 39.1% | 1,175 | 3.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.21%
- English as an additional language
- 11.5%
- Overall absence
- 11.88%
- Persistent absence
- 33.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Prescot
-
Lord Derby Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
-
De La Salle School2.4 miles
Secondary · St. Helens
-
Rainhill High School2.8 miles
Secondary · Prescot
-
Broughton Hall Catholic High School3.2 miles
Secondary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
The Prescot School ranks 32nd of the 40 ranked secondary schools in Liverpool.
- Alsop High School Secondary
- Archbishop Beck Catholic College Secondary
- Archbishop Blanch CofE High School Secondary
- Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Secondary
- Broughton Hall Catholic High School Secondary
- Calderstones School Secondary
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Secondary
- Chesterfield High School Secondary
- Childwall Sports & Science Academy Secondary
- Deyes High School Secondary
- Dixons Broadgreen Academy Secondary
- Dixons Croxteth Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does The Prescot School teach?
- The Prescot School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of The Prescot School?
- The headteacher of The Prescot School is Mr Matthew Reynolds, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Prescot School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Prescot 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 The Prescot School?
- The Prescot School has 915 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Prescot School full?
- The Prescot School has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 915 on roll (87%), 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 The Prescot School a faith school?
- No. The Prescot School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Prescot School a selective school?
- No. The Prescot School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Prescot School part of an academy trust?
- The Prescot School is part of THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST). Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Prescot School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 32.9 in 2022/23 and 35.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Prescot School compare with other schools in Knowsley?
- The Prescot School ranked 4th of 6 secondary schools in Knowsley for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Prescot School's absence rate?
- The Prescot School's overall absence rate is 11.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Prescot School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Prescot 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 2 July 2026.