Community special school

Alt Bridge School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formKnowsley, North West · Liverpool L36 7TASchool website
Pupils on roll
356of 230 places
Free school meals
66.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
53
Ofsted
Good, 11 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 38 pupils who finished Year 11 at Alt Bridge School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Alt Bridge School’s own sixth form (Knowsley average 6%), 24% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Alt Bridge School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 3.8, 4% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Knowsley and England.

Alt Bridge School
Knowsley
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureAlt Bridge SchoolKnowsleyEngland
Pupils in the cohort381,132607,348
Any sustained destination79%82%92%
Stayed in education79%73%86%
— school sixth form0%6%34%
— sixth form college0%13%13%
— further education college24%50%37%
— other education55%5%2%
Apprenticeship0%6%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination13%12%6%
Destination unknown8%6%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureAlt Bridge SchoolKnowsleyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)3.834.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths4%25%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths6%44%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%29%41%
EBacc average point score0.172.894.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort72%52%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils2.729.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils6.440.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language2%5%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language1834%89%6%20%22%
Mathematics1223%88%0%22%42%
Fine Art917%9%0%28%33%
English Literature24%86%21%

Other secondary schools in Knowsley

Halewood Academy

Academy converter · 1,131 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6

Kirkby High School

Academy sponsor led · 1,042 pupils

71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.4

Lord Derby Academy

Academy sponsor led · 1,076 pupils

75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.9

The Prescot School

Academy converter · 915 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.