Secondary
The Prescot School
Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, Liverpool, L34 3NB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 915 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Trust
- THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST)
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 81.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 890
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2021
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
March 2019
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
GCSE results
23%
2 points below the Knowsley average (25% across 6 schools)
35.5
1.0 below the Knowsley average (36.5 across 6 schools)
5th of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Knowsley we can score - 8 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.9 |
| Entered the EBacc | 25% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 23% |
| 22/23 | 18% |
| 23/24 | 21% |
| 24/25 | 23% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.04 |
| 22/23 | -0.88 |
| 23/24 | -1.08 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.7 |
| 22/23 | 32.9 |
| 23/24 | 32.7 |
| 24/25 | 35.5 |
Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, Liverpool, L34 3NB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Knowsley admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Matthew Reynolds
- Address
- Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, Liverpool, L34 3NB
- Telephone
- 01514593580