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Learn 4 Life School

Other independent special school in Skelmersdale (St. Helens).

Pupils
16
on roll
Ofsted
-
no graded judgement
Attendance rate
-
not published
Pupil : Teacher
-
not published
Eligible for free school meals
0.0%
school census 2024/25
SEN support
6.2%
2025/26
Capacity
100%
16 / 16 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
-
not published

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

Care Afloat is based within the North West of England and was established back in 1991 by its owner Danny Curran who launched us by providing just a single residential placement. Nearly 30 years later, Care Afloat has evolved to now offer solo and small multi-bedded Residential Homes, Education, Therapy and its unique Mobile services.

We do not seek rapid expansion but prefer to concentrate our efforts on providing the highest quality care and best possible outcomes for the young people that we work with.

We are specialists in medium-long term intervention for Young People displaying complex and challenging behaviour and we aim to identify, understand and meet the needs of every individual young person in our care. All of our services are registered and inspected by Ofsted who have consistently rated them Good or Outstanding .

Despite our name, we don't just offer services on the water but our unique activity-based services do enable us to provide placements which offer countless opportunities for young people.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Boxing
  • Forest School
  • Trauma Informed Schools

Key facts

URN
129571
Type
Other independent special school
Phase
Not applicable
Ages
11 to 16
Gender
Mixed
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
St. Helens
Constituency
St Helens North
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2005

Governing body

No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.

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