SENDSCOPE
SENDSCOPE is an independent special school in Liverpool for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 21 pupils and room for 32.
Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5TF0151 931 6804sendscope.co.ukMrs Victoria Nolan 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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy | Academy | 50 m | 939 | Requires improvement 2021 | 2 | Compare |
| Woolton High School | Council | 160 m | 79 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Abbot's Lea School | Council | 190 m | 272 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Carleton House Preparatory School | Independent | 970 m | 178 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Childwall Church of England Primary School | Academy | 980 m | 418 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton | Academy | 0.6 miles | 235 | Good 2022 | 72 | Compare |
| Liverpool Hope University | Higher education institutions | 0.7 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Childwall Abbey School | Council | 0.8 miles | 216 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is SENDSCOPE a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score SENDSCOPE yet.
How many pupils does SENDSCOPE have?
21 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 32 places, so it is 66% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5TF
- Telephone
- 0151 931 6804
- Website
- sendscope.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Nolan
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Ward
- Victoria
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 28 September 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 149377 · LAESTAB 3436026
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.