Educ8 Southport
Educ8 Southport is an independent special school in Southport for boys and girls aged 13 to 16. It has 12 pupils and room for 25.
197a Sussex Road, Southport, PR8 6DG0116 403 0003educ8group.com/southportMrs Leanne Booth headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 12 | 25 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 4% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 16% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meols Cop High School | Academy | 470 m | 916 | Good 2023 | 39 | Compare |
| Norwood Primary School | Council | 630 m | 621 | Good 2022 | 25 | Compare |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | Catholic | 720 m | 188 | Good 2024 | 24 | Compare |
| St Philip's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 207 | Good 2023 | 75 | Compare |
| Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 194 | Good 2023 | 11 | Compare |
| Kew Woods Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 426 | Good 2023 | 55 | Compare |
| Arden College | Special post 16 institution | 0.9 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Southport Education Group | Further education | 1.0 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Educ8 Southport a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Educ8 Southport yet.
How many pupils does Educ8 Southport have?
12 pupils aged 13 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 25 places, so it is 48% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 197a Sussex Road, Southport, PR8 6DG
- Telephone
- 0116 403 0003
- Website
- www.educ8group.com/southport
- Headteacher
- Mrs Leanne Booth
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 13-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Ward
- Norwood
- Constituency
- Southport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 29 November 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 151208 · LAESTAB 3436010 · UKPRN 10101590
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 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.