Voluntary aided school · Primary
Liverpool · L23 9XH · Sefton
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenOfsted: School remains GoodURN 104982
Newfield School
Community special school · Liverpool · L23 4TG
Ages 5–16 · 129 pupils · Sefton
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
5.6
Overall absence
26.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-01-28
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-2.11
−20+2
Attainment 85.6
English & maths grade 5+0%
English & maths grade 4+0%
EBacc entry0%
EBacc APS: 0.3
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)0%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 98.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 87.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 90.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence26.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)74.6%
Unauthorised15.9%
- Authorised absence
- 10.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 17.7%
- Enrolments in measure
- 130
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill120%
129 pupils · 95 places
- Pupils on roll
- 129
- Boys / girls
- 118 / 11
- School capacity
- 95
- Capacity fill
- 129 / 95 (136%)
- Free school meals
- 73.6%
- FSM pupils
- 95
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community special school
Age range
Ages 5–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
- Headteacher
- Mr Christian Whelan
Location
- Address
- Edge Lane, Crosby
- Postcode
- L23 4TG
- Town
- Liverpool
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Sefton
- District
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 5–16, in Liverpool, Sefton, 129 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 73.6%. SEN provision includes: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Christian Whelan
- Telephone
- 01519342991