School profile
Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)
Church Road North, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 6TQ
Overview
Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool) is a special / send school (non-maintained special school) in Liverpool, North West, for pupils aged 2–19. 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 2–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 80
- URN
- 104735
Admissions
- Local authority
- Liverpool
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Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 6 May 2026 · Published 23 June 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong 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
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 24 November 2021 · Published 16 January 2022
Outcome: School remains 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.
- VI - Visual Impairment
- HI - Hearing Impairment
Location
- Address
- Church Road North, Wavertree, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 6TQ
- Local authority
- Liverpool
Inspection
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