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SEND in Liverpool

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Liverpool — the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 195 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Liverpool's SEND Local Offer
Services, support, education, health and social care for 0–25s with SEND
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Ofsted rating: Liverpool's children's services are currently rated Inadequate. This means Ofsted has concerns about some services for children. It does not directly reflect SEND support, but SEND provision is often scrutinised in separate Area SEND inspections.

EHCP Timeliness

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Issued within 20 weeks97.9%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 1,285 new EHCPs issued in 2024.
Councils must issue new EHCPs within 20 weeks of the request. Exceptions exist but many delays don't qualify.

EHCP Assessment Requests

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Requests received
2,388
Refused (no assessment)
847
Refusal rate35.5%
National: 25.5%
Lower is better. Refused requests can be appealed to the SEND tribunal — and ~98% of cases heard find in the parent's favour.

SEND Tribunal

Appeals against LA decisions
Tribunal data not yet imported for Liverpool.
Source: HMCTS SENDIST stats ↗

Annual Review Decisions

DfE 2025 release (2024 calendar year) · First published this year
Review decisions within 4 weeks29.1%
National: 44.4%
Based on 4,998 review meetings held in 2024. 503 expected reviews were not held.
After an annual review meeting, LAs must notify parents of the decision (amend, maintain or cease) within 4 weeks. This data was published for the first time in June 2025.

SEN Population

Pupils across all schools in this LA
Live EHCPs maintained (2024/25)
Total EHCPs in force across the LA
6,814
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
7.3% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
5,652
SEN Support (no EHCP)
19.2% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
14,756
Total pupils
76,985

SEN Provision in Liverpool

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
18
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
6
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
14
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Liverpool

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Liverpool
Speech Language & Communication— 31.6% of EHCPs
Speech Language & Communication31.6%
Social Emotional & Mental Health29.9%
Autism24.3%
Moderate Learning Difficulties5.5%
Specific Learning Difficulties2.9%
Severe Learning Difficulties2.4%
Physical Disability1.9%
Profound & Multiple LD0.4%
Visual Impairment0.4%
Multi-Sensory Impairment0.4%
Hearing Impairment0.3%
The primary need is the main reason the EHCP was issued. Many children have co-occurring needs. ASD is the most common primary need nationally.

Schools with SEN provision in Liverpool

35 schools — special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Ellergreen Nursery School and Childcare Centre
Resourced
Woolton High School
Special· Good
Clifford Holroyde Specialist Sen College
Special· Good
Sandfield Park School
SpecialResourced· Outstanding
Childwall Abbey School
Special· Good
Redbridge High School
Special· Good
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School
Resourced· Good
Millstead School
Special· Outstanding
Liverpool Progressive School
SpecialSEN Unit
Lakeside School
Special
Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery
SEN Unit· Good
Abercromby Nursery School
Resourced· Outstanding
Corinthian Community Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Knotty Ash Primary School
Resourced· Good
Abbot's Lea School
Special· Outstanding
St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other Needs
Special· Requires Improvement
Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)
Special· Outstanding
Palmerston School
Special· Good
Matthew Arnold Primary School
Resourced· Good
East Prescot Road Nursery School
Resourced· Good
Princes School
Special· Outstanding
Notre Dame Catholic Academy
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Everton Nursery School and Family Centre
Resourced· Outstanding
Cavendish View School
Special
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School
Resourced· Good
Hazel Cottage School
Special
Springwood Heath Primary School
Resourced· Good
Pleasant Street Primary School
Resourced· Good
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary School
Resourced· Good
Bank View High School
Special
Showing 30 of 35. Use the SEN Finder to filter and search all of them.

Helpful resources

EHCP Guide →
What an EHCP is, how to apply, appeal process
Annual Review Tracker →
Timeline and stages of EHCP annual reviews
Choosing a SEN School →
Practical guide for SEN parents
Our SEN Methodology →
How we calculate SEN Experience Indicator
DATA SOURCES
School-level SEN data: DfE Education Health and Care plans release + GIAS. LA-level stats: DfE EES + HMCTS SENDIST. Local Offer: Liverpool Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.