Abbot's Lea School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Abbot's Lea School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Liverpool, North West.
The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 272 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2024
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Quality ofeducation
Outstanding
Personaldevelopment
Outstanding
Behaviour &attitudes
Outstanding
Early yearsprovision
Outstanding
Sixth formprovision
Outstanding
Academic Performance
Above average
Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25
- Attainment 8
- 2.3
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 0%
- EBacc average point score
- 0.15
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
82%Boys
18%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 3 – 19
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 272
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
Inspection history
3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sept 2024 | Good | Outstanding | Outstanding | Outstanding | Outstanding |
| 20 Dec 2021 | Requires improvement | Good | Good | Good | Requires improvement |
| 2 Feb 2016 | Outstanding | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Outstanding |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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