Presfield High School and Specialist College
Preston New Road, Southport, PR9 8PA
132 pupils · 150% of 88 capacity
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.4%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 27 September 2023, published 8 November 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 16.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 15% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 35% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Peterhouse School 0.1 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Educ8 Southport 2.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- Arden College 3.1 km · No Ofsted rating
- Scarisbrick Hall School 7.2 km · No Ofsted rating
- AKS Lytham 8.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- Merefield School 9.6 km · Standards maintained (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.