Tower College

Tower College is a co-educational day school for pupils aged from 3 to 16. It was founded in 1948 by the parents of the current principal. The school, situated in Rainhill, Merseyside, is accommodated within a nineteenth century house and adjacent buildings. Pupils come from Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside and reflect the local diversity of the area. The school is a charitable trust and operates as a limited company which is the registered proprietorial body. A board of governors oversees the work of the school. There were 325 pupils in the school at the time of the visit, 171 boys and 154 girls. The school includes an Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) with 47 children. There is a second EYFS (Tower Tots) within the school grounds, overseen by the school's trustees but this is a distinct and separate entity not inspected during this visit. The school has identified 43 pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), 31 of whom receive specialist support for a range of learning difficulties including dyslexia and dyscalculia. There are two pupils for whom English is an additional language (EAL): neither pupil receives support from the school.