Secondary school

Weatherhead High School

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  • ages 11–18
  • Girls · mixed sixth form
  • Wirral
  • CH44 3HS
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,300 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 71%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 40%40%2016/17: top 50%2017/18: top 37%37% · 2017/182018/19: top 43%2021/22: top 44%2022/23: top 65%2023/24: top 70%2024/25: top 71%No exams

A-level results

#107 of 178 North West sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against North West

Attainment 841.9 · North West 44.44/10 Below−26.9 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths28.1% · North West 40%2/10 Well below North West−15.3 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.71 · North West 3.825/10 Middle−24.4 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.27 · North West −0.165/10 Middle−32.7 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry31.59 · North West 32.95/10 Middle−8.5 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 51.6 · 250 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 46 · 199 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 48.3 · 211 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 47.4 · 252 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 49.5 · 251 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 43 · 250 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 41.6 · 236 pupils · North West 442024/25: 41.9 · 253 pupils · North West 44.451.641.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 33% · 199 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 43% · 211 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 44% · 252 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 39% · 251 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 30% · 250 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 27.1% · 236 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 28.1% · 253 pupils · North West 40%44%27.1%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 28.95 · 176 pupils · North West 28.42016/17: 29.69 · 173 pupils · North West 29.242017/18: 31.45 · 158 pupils · North West 30.22018/19: 32.73 · 111 pupils · North West 31.62021/22: 36.18 · 156 pupils · North West 35.972022/23: 30.69 · 126 pupils · North West 31.932023/24: 34.68 · 129 pupils · North West 32.72024/25: 31.59 · 87 pupils · North West 32.936.1828.95No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in93.7%
254 of 271 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 93.7%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st271254
2nd815
3rd400

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2012Outstanding
  3. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,500
Free school meals (past 6 years)39.6%
First language not English5.2%
SEN support8.7%
EHC plan1.7%
Absence (sessions missed)11.2%
Persistently absent pupils31.1%

Girls 99%Boys 1%

all pupils, incl. sixth form

89.9% full · 1,669 places · 249 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.8
Pupils per adult11.3
  • Classroom teachers 92.4
  • Leadership 9
  • Teaching assistants 20.1
  • Other support 32.8

Teachers 101.4 FTE · Whole workforce 154.3 · 164 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,483
Spend per pupil£8,414
Staff spend per pupil£6,345
Reserve per pupil£538
  • +£819,000revenue reserve
  • +£104,000in-year balance

Grants £8,332 · self-generated £175 · premises £1,163 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: PENINSULA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (1 academies) · trust reserve £819,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

236 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained94.1%
  • Education88.1%
  • Apprenticeship3%
  • Employment3%
  • Not sustained4.7%
  • Unknown1.3%

After sixth form (16–18)

173 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained82.7%
  • Education54.9%
  • Higher education53.2%
  • Apprenticeship5.8%
  • Employment22%
  • Not sustained15.6%
  • Unknown1.7%