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The Prescot School

Secondary school in Liverpool, Knowsley. Requires improvement (May 2024).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 8 May 2024, report published 24 June 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around November 2026

The last inspection was in May 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. That’s within the next six months.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby secondary schools

  1. 1.5 milesSaint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy

    Secondary, Prescot, Knowsley

    Report card, Jun 2026: 6 needs attention

  2. 1.7 milesLord Derby Academy

    Secondary, Liverpool, Knowsley

    Good (Jun 2023)

  3. 2.4 milesDe La Salle School

    Secondary, St. Helens, St Helens

    Requires improvement (Jun 2023)

  4. 2.7 milesRainhill High School

    Secondary, Prescot, St Helens

    Good (Feb 2023)

  5. 3.2 milesBroughton Hall Catholic High School

    Secondary, Liverpool

    Good (Nov 2022)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.