Merefield School
Special / other · Southport · PR8 2QZ
Data updated
Ungraded inspection: no current grade
Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.
Inspected 26 February 2025
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116 pupils · 100% of 116 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 59.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 152092
In figures
In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England. It had 116 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Severe Learning Difficulty
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 82% (Sefton 90%, England 66%) · Any other White background 5% (Sefton 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Sefton 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Sefton 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Sefton 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Sefton 0%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Sefton 0%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Sefton 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Sefton 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Sefton 0%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,657; 23.5% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 40% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 47.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 95.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 3.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 97% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 0.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 59.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006922 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £300,000271 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £245,000–£385,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 3an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted