School profile
Alt Bridge School
Wellcroft Road, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 7TA
Overview
Alt Bridge School is a special / send school (community special school) in Liverpool, North West, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Community special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 350
- Pupils on roll
- 356
- URN
- 104498
Admissions
- Local authority
- Knowsley
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Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Secondary
2024/25 results
This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.
| Measure | School |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 3.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.17 |
| Entering the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths | 5.7% |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths | 3.8% |
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 11 October 2023 · Published 30 November 2023
Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)
Overall effectiveness
Good
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Outstanding
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
- VI - Visual Impairment
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- Wellcroft Road, Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 7TA
- Local authority
- Knowsley
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