Princes School, Liverpool

Outstanding
Special
Community special school
Mixed
Ages 211

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Colin Hughes
Pupils:251 / 210 capacity
LA:Liverpool
Phone:01517092602
Address:Selborne Street, Liverpool, L8 1YQ
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 3 years ago
-

Overall

Inspected 28 November 2023View full report
URN:104750
UKPRN:10077029
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Liverpool Riverside
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

What This School Does Well

Princes School excels at creating a calm, supportive environment where every pupil thrives academically and socially. Teachers have high expectations and use personalised planning to help all pupils, including the most able, make outstanding progress from their starting points. Parents consistently praise the school for transforming their children's lives through brilliant academic teaching combined with exceptional social and emotional support.

Key Strengths

  • Exceptional behaviour management with significantly reduced physical restraint incidents and calm, orderly conduct throughout the school
  • Outstanding progress made by all pupils, including the most able and disadvantaged, with highly effective teaching tailored to individual needs
  • Strong governance and leadership that has empowered staff as leaders, driving continuous improvement across the school
  • Exemplary safeguarding practices with clear procedures and skilled staff who know pupils exceptionally well
  • Successful expansion to multiple sites with consistent high-quality provision across all locations

Areas for Improvement

  • Develop monitoring systems to track progress made by groups of pupils with similar prior attainment, particularly to measure progress of the most able as a group

Safeguarding

Safeguarding is effective, with exemplary work to keep children safe through vigilant staff trained to understand risks for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, working closely with parents and external agencies.

Extracurricular Activities

Integration with mainstream lessons at Smithdown Primary School, enrichment activities at linked primary schools, play and eating opportunities alongside mainstream pupils

Princes Primary School continues to be outstanding, with leadership maintaining exceptional educational quality since the last inspection in 2012. The school has grown significantly, becoming a teaching school and expanding to multiple sites while keeping pupil progress and wellbeing at the centre of everything it does.

At a Glance

51.4%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2025/26

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
ReadingMathsWriting

Reading has remained stable at around 0%. Maths has remained stable at around 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.

Class Sizes

0.0

Avg class size

0

Total classes

2024/25 academic year

Getting There

Bus Stops

Birt Close (adj)
25m · 0 min walk
Kingsley Road (adj)
97m · 2 min walk
Crown Street (adj)
111m · 2 min walk
Chancellor Court (adj)
224m · 4 min walk
Eversley Street (adj)
236m · 4 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

120%

Over capacity

251 pupils

210 capacity

41 places over capacity

Area Demand Pressure - Liverpool

Low pressure
New homes approved:8,038
Projected new pupils:1,447

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Liverpool

Admissions Demand - Liverpool

Low demand0.92x oversubscription

Places available

5,716

Applications

5,276

Got 1st preference

68.1%

Got preferred school

90.4%

Secondary admissions across Liverpool (2025/26)

Inspection History(7)

28 November 2023
2 November 2017
13 December 2012
OutstandingReport
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding

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Pupil Demographics

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Teachers & Staff

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

8.96258%

Overall absence

29.76744%

Persistent absence

215

Enrolments

Authorised7.03898%
Unauthorised1.92361%
Persistent (10%+)29.76744%
Severe (50%+)1.39535%

Absence trend

8.16176%
18/19
15.51734%
20/21
10.57612%
21/22
10.00573%
22/23
9.78633%
23/24
8.96258%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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