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Olsen House School

Special · ages 7-16MixedIndependent59 pupilsLiverpoolSefton
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Strong pass in English and maths0%England 46%
Places1 spare59 pupils, 60 places
Pupils on roll59Census January 2024

Olsen House School is an independent special school in Liverpool for boys and girls aged 7 to 16. It has 59 pupils and room for 60.

85-87 Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5TD0151 924 0234kedlestongroup.com/schools/olsen-houseMr Sean Whitehead head teacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

GCSE results, summer 2025

12 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.

Average GCSE score0.3
England 46.8
Official name: Attainment 8
Strong pass in English and maths0%
England 46%
Official name: Grade 5+ in English and maths
Standard pass in English and maths0%
England 66%
Official name: Grade 4+ in English and maths
Trend
Average GCSE score
2019 to 2025
2019: 0.50.520192022: 9.39.320222023: 3.13.120232024: 0.70.720242025: 0.30.32025
Since 2019: -0.2
All GCSE measures, year by year
Measure202520242023202220192018SeftonEngland
Pupils at the end of Year 111212148163
Average GCSE scoreAttainment 80.30.73.19.30.543.346.8
Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths0%0%0%0%0%39%46%
Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths0%0%0%25%0%60%66%
Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score0.030.030.140.480.003.744.15
Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry0%0%0%0%0%39%41%

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At GCSE, 2025

Average GCSE scoreBoys vs girls
0.70.0
Gap 0.7England 3.0
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

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.

Pupils on roll59Census January 2024
Places6098% full
Pupils from low-income familiesGet free school meals
Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan100%59 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls35 / 24
How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll595654545054
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals0%0%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0%0%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support0%0%0%0%0%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans100%100%100%100%100%

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m51212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate45 per 1,000 people51% lower than the England average
Typical house price£227,000Sefton
Nearest bus stop30 mQueens Road, 22 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St. Mary's CollegeIndependent170 m818Not inspectedCompare
Sacred Heart Catholic AcademyAcademy280 m613No overall grade 20249Compare
Great Crosby Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic310 m725Good 202331Compare
St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England580 m234Good 202468Compare
Merchant Taylors' SchoolsIndependent (grammar)590 m844Not inspectedCompare
Valewood Primary SchoolAcademy820 m208Good 202369Compare
Forefield Junior SchoolAcademy850 m362Good 202181Compare
Crosby High SchoolCouncil920 m173No overall grade 2025Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Olsen House School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Olsen House School yet.

How good are Olsen House School's GCSE results?

In summer 2025, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 0.3, against 46.8 for England.

How many pupils does Olsen House School have?

59 pupils aged 7 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 60 places, so it is 98% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
85-87 Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5TD
Telephone
0151 924 0234
Website
www.kedlestongroup.com/schools/olsen-house
Head Teacher
Mr Sean Whitehead
Type of school
Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 7-16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Sefton
Ward
Victoria
Constituency
Bootle
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
11 March 2010 (new provision)
URN
136088 · LAESTAB 3436134 · UKPRN 10029792

Recent changes

  • New KS4 results for 2024/25

Where these figures come from