St Margaret's Church of England Academy
Academy converter · Secondary
Liverpool · L17 6AB · Liverpool
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 104748
Palmerston School
Community special school · Liverpool · L17 6AU
Age range
Ages 11–19
Pupils
184
Local authority
Liverpool
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
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 11–19, in Liverpool, Liverpool, 184 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 46.4%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment….
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 104748
Location
- Address
- Minehead Road, Aigburth
- Postcode
- L17 6AU
- Town
- Liverpool
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- District
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Wavertree
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 184
- Boys / girls
- 119 / 65
- School capacity
- 175
- Capacity fill
- 184 / 175 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 46.4%
- FSM pupils
- 58
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Buckley
- Telephone
- 01514282128