School profile
Peterhouse School
Preston New Road, Churchtown, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 8PA
Overview
Peterhouse School is a special / send school (non-maintained special school) in Southport, North West, for pupils aged 5–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Non-maintained special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 5–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 70
- URN
- 133748
Admissions
- Local authority
- Sefton
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Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 21 April 2026 · Published 17 June 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 10 May 2023 · Published 5 July 2023
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
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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.
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Location
- Address
- Preston New Road, Churchtown, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 8PA
- Local authority
- Sefton
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