Secondary
Palmerston School
Minehead Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 6AU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 184 of 175 places
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Minehead Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 6AU
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.
Liverpool 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
- Alison Buckley
- Address
- Minehead Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 6AU
- Telephone
- 01514282128