Peterhouse School

State-Funded School

peterhouse-school-sefton-north-west

North WestRegion

SeftonLocal Authority

SouthportConstituency

PR9 8PAPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Peterhouse School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–19, located in Sefton, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 70 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 17 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

81%Boys

19%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

41%

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: 5 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 70
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
5 Jul 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
9 Sept 2014	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.