Foundations for LIFE School
Foundations for LIFE School is an independent special school in Liverpool for boys and girls aged 8 to 16. It has 23 pupils and room for 32.
Essex House, Bridle Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L30 4UE0771 224 5472foundationsforlife.co.ukSandra Scott headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: 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.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 11 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco | Academy | 660 m | 575 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
| The Motiv8 School | Independent | 670 m | 10 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| PANDA Schools | Independent | 690 m | 0 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Longmoor Community Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 428 | Good 2019 | 56 | Compare |
| Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 204 | Requires improvement 2022 | 1 | Compare |
| Litherland Moss Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 208 | Good 2023 | 72 | Compare |
| Springwell Park Community Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 440 | Good 2024 | 9 | Compare |
| St Robert Bellarmine Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 0.8 miles | 236 | Outstanding 2024 | 98 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Foundations for LIFE School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Foundations for LIFE School yet.
How many pupils does Foundations for LIFE School have?
23 pupils aged 8 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 32 places, so it is 72% full.
What do parents say about Foundations for LIFE School?
91% of the 11 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 100% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Essex House, Bridle Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L30 4UE
- Telephone
- 0771 224 5472
- Website
- foundationsforlife.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Sandra Scott
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 8-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Ward
- Netherton and Orrell
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 14 February 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151376 · LAESTAB 3436011
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.