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High needs

Understand the data we use for high needs

This data covers the period 2024-2025 for section 251 data (s251).

The outturn includes place funding for pupils with special educational needs taught in academies. You can read about how we calculate this in the glossary.

  • High needs DSG allocation 2024/2025

    £93.3 million

  • Total high needs outturn 2024/2025

    £97.3 million

    104.3% of high needs DSG allocation

  • DSG surplus as at March 2025

    £2.19 million

    In March 2024 this was a surplus of £5.67 million

Benchmarking tools

Maintained schools

Data view

All values are shown as percentage of income.
Ernest Cookson School

Only has 3 months of data

120% 71.3% 24.8%
Belle Vale Community Primary School 267 112.1% 74.5% 5.8%
Phoenix Primary School 220.5 108.6% 84.6% -2.9%
Kingsley Community School 456 107.4% 72.9% 7.1%
Pleasant Street Primary School 220 107% 72.9% 5.6%
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 223 106.8% 73.2% 6.7%
Archbishop Beck Catholic College 1143 106.7% 72.4% -8.3%
Norman Pannell Primary School 180 106.3% 74.6% -35.6%
Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School 453 106% 67.5% -2.7%
Childwall Abbey School 216 105.9% 85% 1.6%
Much Woolton Catholic Primary School 402 105.7% 75.5% -4.8%
Calderstones School 1596 105.5% 72.8% -2.4%
Chatham Place Nursery School 28.5 105.2% 67.9% 8.6%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 222 105.2% 70.7% -1.8%
Banks Road Primary School 247.5 105.2% 74.4% 7.6%
Sandfield Park School 87 105.1% 78.9% 8.7%
Greenbank Primary School 425 104.5% 73.9% 6.7%
St Austin's Catholic Primary School 409.5 104.3% 69.6% 6%
Redbridge High School 154 103.9% 90.4% -46.7%
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary School 217 103.8% 66.5% 3.7%
Windsor Community Primary School 208.5 103.2% 75.3% 2.2%
Woolton Primary School 631 103.2% 76.2% 2.3%
Longmoor Community Primary School 425 103% 69.5% 1.9%
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School 213 102.8% 72.2% -0.8%
Matthew Arnold Primary School 247 102.8% 70.3% 5.9%
Lawrence Community Primary School 430.5 102.8% 71.9% 7.4%
St Julie's Catholic High School 1019 102.8% 72.7% 4.2%
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School 433 102.7% 76.4% -1.9%
Hope School 68 102.5% 72.8% 4.9%
Middlefield Community Primary School 341.5 102.3% 67.9% 3.8%
Ellergreen Nursery School and Childcare Centre 111 102.3% 72.9% 4.2%
Stockton Wood Community Primary School 352 102.3% 66.4% 8.8%
Blackmoor Park Junior School 343 102.2% 68.1% 0.4%
Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School 157 102.1% 70.9% -3.3%
Booker Avenue Junior School 416 101.9% 68.8% 6.7%
New Heights High School 110 101.8% 73.7% 10.4%
St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School 420 101.7% 70.7% 7%
King David High School 744 101.7% 69% -0.9%
Wellesbourne Community Primary School 372 101.6% 73.2% 6.2%
Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery 589 101.5% 69% 1.4%
St John Bosco Arts College 1088 101.5% 68.9% 0.2%
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School 376.5 101.3% 74% 3%
Anfield Road Primary School 662.5 101.2% 66.9% -1.8%
Abbot's Lea School 272 101.2% 66.4% 6.6%
Broughton Hall Catholic High School 1181 101.2% 72.3% 2%
Sudley Primary School 799 101% 66.7% 8.6%
Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary School 205 101% 66.4% 8.7%
Leamington Community Primary School 428 100.9% 70.9% 5.9%
King David Primary School 427 100.6% 69.5% -0.5%
Mosspits Lane Primary School 391 100.6% 74.1% -1.5%
St Anne's Catholic Primary School 203 100.4% 65.4% 1%
Broad Square Community Primary School 390.5 100.4% 69.9% 3.8%
Gilmour Primary School 604 100.3% 72.9% 6.2%
Bank View High School 518 100.2% 77.4% 7.3%
Lister Infant and Nursery School 177 100.1% 61.5% 5.1%
St Hilda's Church of England High School 1301 100% 71.7% 0.2%
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School

Only has 8 months of data

99.9% 67.9% 3.5%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 185.5 99.9% 64.5% 8.4%
St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School 381.5 99.8% 79.3% 3.4%
Fazakerley Primary School 416.5 99.8% 78.5% 0.5%
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School 379 99.8% 68.7% 0.5%
Christ The King Catholic Primary School 414 99.8% 69.3% 4.5%
Holy Name Catholic Primary School 328.5 99.8% 74.8% 3.1%
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School 534.5 99.8% 75.6% -0.5%
East Prescot Road Nursery School 89 99.7% 62.5% 16.5%
Everton Nursery School and Family Centre 83.5 99.7% 56.5% 5.3%
Dovedale Community Primary School 839 99.7% 72.3% 6.2%
Childwall Valley Primary School 216.5 99.7% 63.6% 15.5%
Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School 443.5 99.6% 74.1% 2.1%
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School 221.5 99.4% 74% 0.9%
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 1341 99.4% 66.4% 5.4%
Florence Melly Community Primary School 441 99.3% 68.8% 10.9%
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 223.5 99.3% 70% 6.1%
St Clare's Catholic Primary School 199.5 99.3% 67% 7.9%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery 230.5 99.2% 71.5% 4.9%
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School 363.5 99.1% 66.8% 8.5%
Rudston Primary School 438.5 98.9% 67.3% 1.7%
St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School 420.5 98.5% 70.8% 6.6%
Holly Lodge Girls' College 1022 98.4% 67.4% -15.8%
St Paul's Catholic Junior School 500 98.2% 72.9% 7.5%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby 211 98% 63% 7.9%
Hunts Cross Primary School 328 98% 76.9% 4.7%
Princes School 251 97.9% 77.4% 9.4%
Whitefield Primary School 331.5 97.7% 72.1% 5.7%
Ranworth Square Primary School 222.5 97.4% 65.3% 7.7%
Broadgreen Primary 237.5 97.4% 70.8% 10.1%
Childwall Church of England Primary School

Only has 8 months of data

97.2% 67.1% 4.5%
Smithdown Primary School 454.5 97.1% 71.8% 4.7%
Wavertree Church of England School 155.5 97% 71% 8.9%
Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School 430.5 96.9% 74.2% 9.6%
St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School 357 96.9% 69% 10.1%
Lister Junior School 231 96.9% 72% 2.6%
Pinehurst Primary School 403 96.9% 67.5% 11.8%
St Michael's Catholic Primary School 426 96.6% 69.3% 7.8%
Kensington Primary School 528 96.6% 72.3% 9.9%
St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School 461 96.5% 68.5% 6.5%
Woolton High School 79 96.2% 65.9% 11.1%
Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School 417 96% 66% 11.1%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 589.5 95.9% 71.1% 1.5%
Barlows Primary School 396.5 95.8% 67.6% 11.1%
St Hugh's Catholic Primary School 187 95.5% 68.1% 12.1%
Blueberry Park 314 95.4% 68.4% 14.4%
Springwood Heath Primary School 211 95.2% 66.3% -27%
St Finbar's Catholic Primary School 153.5 95.1% 68.5% 8.1%
Northcote Primary School 432 95% 67.3% 11.4%
Booker Avenue Infant School 294 94.8% 67.6% 0.7%
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School 336.5 94.8% 62.3% 11.6%
St John's Catholic Primary School 470.5 94.5% 69.9% 7.4%
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary School 214.5 94.4% 65.4% 14.2%
Dovecot Primary School 182 94.3% 65% -21.5%
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School 397.5 94.1% 66.6% 15%
Monksdown Primary School 605 94.1% 70.4% 9.8%
Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School 460 93.9% 64.5% -1.8%
Abercromby Nursery School 46 93.7% 64.2% 11.8%
Palmerston School 184 92.6% 75.8% 8.1%
Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School 225 92.4% 65.7% 4.9%
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School

Only has 8 months of data

92.3% 67.7% 15.5%
St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery 223.5 91.2% 63% 14.5%
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School 689.5 91.1% 68.9% -0.2%
Millstead School 315 89.8% 73.5% 13.7%
Holy Family Catholic Primary School 200 89.1% 62.7% -0.2%
Clifford Holroyde Sen College 75 88.2% 66.5% 14.4%
Corinthian Community Primary School 319.5 87.1% 62.1% -38.6%
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School 421 84.2% 59% 17.3%

EHC plan and SEN support data are shown as percentages of total pupils.
Blackmoor Park Junior School 343 49 3.8% 28%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, West Derby 211 42.2 2.4% 12.8%
Rudston Primary School 438.5 29.23 3.9% 12.5%
Phoenix Primary School 220.5 27.56 19.5% 17.7%
King David Primary School 427 26.86 2.8% 15.5%
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School 376.5 26.51 4.5% 16.2%
Our Lady and St Philomena's Catholic Primary School 205 25.63 2.9% 16.1%
St Paschal Baylon Catholic Primary School 420 25 2.4% 12.6%
Belle Vale Community Primary School 267 24.95 2.6% 23.2%
Emmaus Church of England and Catholic Primary School 443.5 24.64 3.8% 21.4%
Sudley Primary School 799 24.29 1.4% 9.1%
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School 689.5 24.28 8.1% 11.3%
Our Lady's Bishop Eton Catholic Primary School 417 24.24 1.7% 16.1%
Christ The King Catholic Primary School 414 24.21 2.7% 15.2%
Longmoor Community Primary School 425 24.15 3.3% 13.6%
Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School 453 24.1 4.9% 30%
Runnymede St Edward's Catholic Primary School 460 23.93 2% 15.2%
Booker Avenue Infant School 294 23.71 2.7% 15.6%
Dovedale Community Primary School 839 23.57 2.3% 19%
St Austin's Catholic Primary School 409.5 23.53 2.4% 14.7%
Booker Avenue Junior School 416 23.5 3.6% 14.4%
St Paul's and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School 357 23.18 1.4% 13.2%
St Paul's Catholic Junior School 500 23.15 4.2% 19.8%
St Francis de Sales Catholic Junior School 461 23.05 4.3% 25.2%
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary School 217 22.84 1.4% 13.8%
Leamington Community Primary School 428 22.53 5.4% 29.9%
Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Primary School 157 22.43 3.2% 30.6%
Norman Pannell Primary School 180 22.22 5.6% 40%
Lawrence Community Primary School 430.5 21.68 3.5% 15.6%
St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School 397.5 21.65 3.8% 22.4%
Childwall Valley Primary School 216.5 21.65 6% 12.5%
Woolton Primary School 631 21.39 4% 8.7%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 589.5 21.36 3.7% 24.1%
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School 213 21.3 6.6% 24.9%
Northcote Primary School 432 21.28 6% 24.1%
Mosspits Lane Primary School 391 21.08 4.1% 17.6%
Dovecot Primary School 182 20.97 4.4% 14.8%
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Community Primary School 433 20.92 11.5% 10.4%
St John's Catholic Primary School 470.5 20.82 4% 19.6%
Much Woolton Catholic Primary School 402 20.72 2.2% 7.7%
Gilmour Primary School 604 20.68 5.6% 15.2%
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School 363.5 20.65 5% 24.5%
Lister Infant and Nursery School 177 20.58 1.1% 22.6%
St Hugh's Catholic Primary School 187 20.55 1.6% 13.9%
Gwladys Street Primary and Nursery School 430.5 20.5 8.1% 37.9%
Broadgreen Primary 237.5 20.47 8.8% 25.7%
Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School 225 20.45 16.4% 16.4%
St. Margaret's Anfield Church of England Primary School 420.5 20.41 3.3% 15.2%
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School 534.5 20.4 9.9% 20.2%
St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery 223.5 20.32 3.6% 20.1%
St Michael's Catholic Primary School 426 20.29 3.3% 26.1%
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 223 20.27 5.4% 30%
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School 421 20.22 3.8% 13.1%
St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School 221.5 20.14 4.5% 29.3%
Fazakerley Primary School 416.5 20.08 6.5% 24.5%
Stockton Wood Community Primary School 352 20 2.8% 21%
Corinthian Community Primary School 319.5 19.97 11.3% 23.2%
Greenbank Primary School 425 19.86 2.1% 26.6%
Smithdown Primary School 454.5 19.85 5.3% 34.8%
Ellergreen Nursery School and Childcare Centre 111 19.82 5.4% 38.7%
St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant School 381.5 19.46 3.9% 18.6%
Florence Melly Community Primary School 441 19.34 8.8% 25.9%
Pinehurst Primary School 403 19.28 4% 13.4%
Holy Family Catholic Primary School 200 19.27 3.5% 25%
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 223.5 19.27 2.7% 14.3%
Monksdown Primary School 605 19.15 3.1% 28.6%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 222 18.97 8.1% 22.1%
Rice Lane Primary School and Nursery 589 18.88 7.8% 16.5%
Ranworth Square Primary School 222.5 18.87 4.9% 17.5%
Lister Junior School 231 18.86 4.3% 19.5%
St Anne's Catholic Primary School 203 18.45 1.5% 46.8%
Matthew Arnold Primary School 247 18.43 8.1% 18.6%
Kensington Primary School 528 18.4 6.3% 20.6%
Middlefield Community Primary School 341.5 18.34 2.3% 13.8%
Hunts Cross Primary School 328 18.22 3.4% 19.5%
Kingsley Community School 456 17.87 4.6% 34.4%
Abercromby Nursery School 46 17.69 10.9% 23.9%
Whitefield Primary School 331.5 17.63 8.4% 22%
Broad Square Community Primary School 390.5 17.51 3.1% 21.8%
St Hilda's Church of England High School 1301 17.49 7.6% 15.5%
Blueberry Park 314 17.44 3.8% 15.3%
Anfield Road Primary School 662.5 17.44 2.4% 34.9%
St Clare's Catholic Primary School 199.5 17.2 5% 21.6%
King David High School 744 17.14 7.4% 14.1%
Windsor Community Primary School 208.5 17.09 8.6% 23%
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School 379 17.01 5.8% 26.9%
Mab Lane Junior Mixed and Infant School 336.5 16.99 4.8% 36.3%
Holy Name Catholic Primary School 328.5 16.76 2.1% 10.4%
Barlows Primary School 396.5 16.66 6.1% 23%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery 230.5 16.58 4.3% 22.1%
St John Bosco Arts College 1088 16.53 3.9% 19.1%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 185.5 16.53 2.7% 26.4%
Wellesbourne Community Primary School 372 16.32 3.2% 23.7%
Wavertree Church of England School 155.5 16.16 7.1% 26.4%
St Julie's Catholic High School 1019 16.12 2.7% 18.5%
East Prescot Road Nursery School 89 15.89 3.4% 15.7%
Holly Lodge Girls' College 1022 15.42 1.5% 21.9%
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary School 214.5 15.32 17.7% 23.3%
Calderstones School 1596 15.01 3.8% 21.9%
Broughton Hall Catholic High School 1181 14.87 3.6% 13.7%
Archbishop Beck Catholic College 1143 14.69 5.2% 25.2%
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 1341 14.54 6.3% 24.2%
St Finbar's Catholic Primary School 153.5 14.48 2.6% 21.5%
Pleasant Street Primary School 220 14.29 4.5% 19.5%
Banks Road Primary School 247.5 14.06 3.2% 12.1%
Everton Nursery School and Family Centre 83.5 14.01 3.6% 18%
Springwood Heath Primary School 211 12.94 32.7% 18%
Childwall Abbey School 216 12.71 100% 0%
Bank View High School 518 9.94 99.8% 0.2%
Millstead School 315 9.55 98.1% 0%
Abbot's Lea School 272 9.38 100% 0%
Clifford Holroyde Sen College 75 9.38 100% 0%
Chatham Place Nursery School 28.5 9.34 31.6% 24.6%
Princes School 251 7.8 100% 0%
Redbridge High School 154 7.78 100% 0%
Woolton High School 79 7.31 100% 0%
Palmerston School 184 6.76 100% 0%
Hope School 68 4.36 100% 0%
New Heights High School 110 4.23 30% 50.9%
Sandfield Park School 87 2.76 98.9% 1.1%
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School
Ernest Cookson School
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
Childwall Church of England Primary School

Maintained schools by RAG ratings

About RAG ratings

Red, amber and green (RAG) ratings are shown to give an indication of the spending compared to similar schools.

The rating is not an indication of performance. It is used to display if spending is significantly more or less than similar schools. This does not consider any individual spending strategies which might apply.

The ratings are intended for schools and trusts to identify potential areas to help them make informed spending decisions.

The size of the red bar corresponds to the proportion of red-rated cost categories for the school.

Primary schools

Status

Corinthian Community Primary School
6 high, 2 medium and 0 low for Corinthian Community Primary School
Lister Infant and Nursery School
6 high, 1 medium and 1 low for Lister Infant and Nursery School
St Austin's Catholic Primary School
5 high, 2 medium and 1 low for St Austin's Catholic Primary School
Windsor Community Primary School
5 high, 2 medium and 1 low for Windsor Community Primary School
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
5 high, 1 medium and 2 low for Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

Secondary schools

Status

Archbishop Beck Catholic College
5 high, 3 medium and 0 low for Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
5 high, 2 medium and 1 low for Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
St Hilda's Church of England High School
3 high, 4 medium and 1 low for St Hilda's Church of England High School
King David High School
2 high, 5 medium and 1 low for King David High School
St John Bosco Arts College
2 high, 5 medium and 1 low for St John Bosco Arts College

Special

Status

Sandfield Park School
6 high, 1 medium and 1 low for Sandfield Park School
Abbot's Lea School
4 high, 3 medium and 1 low for Abbot's Lea School
Bank View High School
2 high, 5 medium and 1 low for Bank View High School
Palmerston School
2 high, 5 medium and 1 low for Palmerston School
Childwall Abbey School
2 high, 4 medium and 2 low for Childwall Abbey School

Pupil Referral Unit

Status

New Heights High School
3 high, 5 medium and 0 low for New Heights High School

Nursery

Status

Chatham Place Nursery School
8 high, 0 medium and 0 low for Chatham Place Nursery School
Abercromby Nursery School
4 high, 3 medium and 1 low for Abercromby Nursery School
Ellergreen Nursery School and Childcare Centre
4 high, 3 medium and 1 low for Ellergreen Nursery School and Childcare Centre
East Prescot Road Nursery School
2 high, 4 medium and 2 low for East Prescot Road Nursery School
Everton Nursery School and Family Centre
1 high, 5 medium and 2 low for Everton Nursery School and Family Centre

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