Alt Bridge School, Liverpool
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Alt Bridge excels at helping students with complex needs make outstanding progress from their starting points, with nearly half making progress expected of mainstream students. Teachers are dedicated to including every child equally and use excellent technology and support to help them learn. The school creates a wonderful, calm atmosphere where students feel safe and cared for, with particularly outstanding provision in sports where all students participate and succeed together.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding teaching that includes and engages all students with expert use of technology and highly skilled teaching assistants
- Exceptional achievement in sports and physical education with all students participating enthusiastically
- Outstanding behavior and safety with students feeling secure and cared for
- Exceptional spiritual, moral, social and cultural development creating a calm, fulfilling atmosphere
- Excellent progress in communication and social skills development, particularly in specialist autism and emotional wellbeing classes
Areas for Improvement
- Expand the range of training providers and potential employers to ensure more secure job placements for post-16 students
- Provide more opportunities for post-16 students to develop skills in school that reflect their interests and promote independence
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - students feel extremely safe with sympathetic adults available to support them, and serious incidents are managed with exceptional skill to prevent escalation.
Extracurricular Activities
Multiple sports teams in athletics and other sports, World Book Week, clubs and enrichment activities, outdoor and adventure activities, post-16 real-life learning experiences including shopping and budgeting skills
Alt Bridge Secondary Support Centre is an outstanding special school for students with complex learning difficulties, autism, and behavioral challenges. The school has maintained its outstanding rating with inspirational leadership and exceptional teaching that helps all students achieve significantly.
At a Glance
66.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
155%
Over capacity
356 pupils
230 capacity
126 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Liverpool
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Admissions Demand - Knowsley
Places available
1,290
Applications
1,725
Got 1st preference
84.1%
Got preferred school
95.3%
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Pupil Absence2024/25
11.75079%
Overall absence
34.75177%
Persistent absence
282
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Alt Bridge School
Knowsley Central School
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Knowsley Lane Primary School
Huyton With Roby Church of England Primary School
St Aloysius Catholic Primary School
Willow Tree Primary School
Park View Academy
St Gabriel's CofE Primary School
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