St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs

Key facts

Address

Yew Tree Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 9HN

Type

Non-maintained special school

Ages

4–19

Council

Liverpool

Pupils on roll

48 January 2026 school census

Free school meals

2.1% of pupils eligible

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Requires improvement Inspected 23 April 2024

Strengths

• “Pupils are welcomed to St Vincent’s School with a warm smile and a friendly greeting.”
• “They benefit from a culture that celebrates their strengths and talents.”
• “This helps pupils to feel valued members of the school community.”

To improve

• “This ambition, however, is not matched with the same high expectations of what the pupils should achieve academically.”
• “Many curriculum subjects are still in the early stages of development.”
• “This means that pupils are not as well prepared as they could be for their next steps in education.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby special, independent and other schools

Straight-line distance, in Liverpool.

• NexGen Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
• Clifford Holroyde Sen College 0.9 mi Standards maintained
• Sandfield Park School 1.0 mi Outstanding
• Co-op Academy Rathbone 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
• Childwall Abbey School 2.3 mi School remains Good
• Lakeside School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
• Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
• Hope School 2.6 mi Standards maintained

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