Cavendish View School
99, Cavendish Drive, Liverpool, Liverpool, L9 1NBOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Cavendish View School is a special school in Liverpool for ages 5 to 11. It is one of the 186 schools in Liverpool. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 21 May 2024, report published 15 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 21 May 2024
Cavendish View is a happy, nurturing school. Pupils know that the school expects them to achieve and behave well. They try their best to live up to these expectations. Pupils' behaviour improves over time. Most pupils behave well in school and learning is rarely disturbed. Pupils are well prepared for their next steps in education. The school clearly understands pupils' individual needs. Pupils are supported to take risks and approach their next steps with increasing confidence. They told inspectors that they appreciate the staff who care for them. This helps pupils to feel safe in school. The school carefully considers pupils' development. This ranges from the curriculum design to personalised approaches to support pupils' behaviour. All pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The school combines appropriate therapeutic support, a curriculum designed around pupils' needs and strong relationships with parents and carers to help pupils achieve well. Pupils benefit from bespoke packages of support. The school communicates with parents and other professionals effectively to shape pupils' provision. For example, preparing pupils for what to expect when they visit the dentist. This helps pupils to develop essential life skills. They learn to understand and appreciate difference and believe that it is important that everyone feels welcome.
What the school should improve
- In a small number of subjects, the order in which key knowledge should be taught is not sufficiently clear. Where this is the case, pupils do not learn as well as they could. The school should make sure that the sequence of these subject curriculums is carefully thought out.
- Some of the school's assessment strategies do not give teachers the most helpful information about what pupils know and remember. Sometimes, this leads to teachers being unable to identify and address pupils' missed and forgotten learning as well as they should. The school should make sure that its assessment strategies provide useful information so that teachers can design learning activities that help pupils to learn well.
Pupil numbers and mix
48 pupils on roll, with places for 48
Schools near Cavendish View School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Progressive School | 0.4 miles | No Ofsted inspection | Attainment 8: 1.2 |
| Birtenshaw School Merseyside | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Redbridge High School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Outstanding | Not published |
| Bank View High School | 1 mile | Ofsted judgements: Outstanding | Attainment 8: 9.3 |
| Foundations for LIFE School | 1 mile | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Not published |
School details
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Sector
- Independent
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carole Doherty
- Phone
- 01512944899
- Address
- 99, Cavendish Drive, Liverpool, Liverpool, L9 1NB
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- URN
- 148199
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.