Crosby High School

State-Funded School

crosby-high-school-sefton-north-west

North WestRegion

SeftonLocal Authority

Sefton CentralConstituency

L23 2THPostcode

0.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Crosby High School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–16, located in Sefton, North West.

It currently serves 173 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.3
EBacc average point score: 0.02

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

173

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

58%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 173
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
20 Jul 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
9 Apr 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.