Waterside Academy
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Waterside Academy is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 11–16, located in Sefton, North West.
The school is rated Inadequate by Ofsted. It currently serves 84 pupils. Waterside Academy is part of THE PEOPLE'S LEARNING TRUST.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2023
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Inadequate
Quality ofeducation
Inadequate
Personaldevelopment
Requires improvement
Behaviour &attitudes
Requires improvement
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
55%Boys
45%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- PRU
- Age range
- 11 – 16
- Deprivation band
- Deprived
- Total pupils
- 84
- IDACI quintile
- 4 (Less deprived)
- MAT name
- THE PEOPLE'S LEARNING TRUST
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 2023 | Inadequate | Inadequate | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
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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