Arden College
Arden College is a special post 16 institution in for boys and girls aged 16 to 25.
40 Derby Road, Southport, PR9 0TZ01704 534433Miss Siobhan Partington headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Sefton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Sefton with autism provision.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southport Education Group | Further education | 140 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Southport | Academy | 280 m | 207 | Report card 2026 | 42 | Compare |
| St Philip's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 630 m | 207 | Good 2023 | 75 | Compare |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | Catholic | 0.7 miles | 188 | Good 2024 | 24 | Compare |
| Norwood Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 621 | Good 2022 | 25 | Compare |
| Linaker Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 359 | Requires improvement 2023 | 0 | Compare |
| Educ8 Southport | Independent | 0.9 miles | 12 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Meols Cop High School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 916 | Good 2023 | 39 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Arden College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Arden College yet.
How many pupils does Arden College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
Does Arden College have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 40 Derby Road, Southport, PR9 0TZ
- Telephone
- 01704 534433
- Headteacher
- Miss Siobhan Partington
- Type of school
- Special post 16 institution (Special post 16 institution, other types)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 16-25
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Ward
- Duke's
- Constituency
- Southport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 1999
- URN
- 131935 · LAESTAB 3438220 · UKPRN 10000350
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.