Secondary school

South Wirral High School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Wirral
  • CH62 8EH
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Oct 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,895 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 89%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 61%61%2016/17: top 65%2017/18: top 60%60% · 2017/182018/19: top 77%2021/22: top 86%2022/23: top 76%2023/24: top 88%2024/25: top 89%No exams

A-level results

#178 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 837.4 · North West 44.42/10 Well below North West
Grade 5+ English and maths27.8% · North West 40%2/10 Well below North West+6.6 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.04 · North West 3.822/10 Well below North West
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.38 · North West −0.164/10 Below−20.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry18.15 · North West 32.9Small cohort: 20 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 48.7 · 137 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 43.5 · 154 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 44.1 · 147 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 41 · 136 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 40.6 · 138 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 40.9 · 183 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 37.3 · 167 pupils · North West 442024/25: 37.4 · 144 pupils · North West 44.448.737.3No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 31% · 154 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 27% · 147 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 28% · 136 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 28% · 138 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 23% · 183 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 28.7% · 167 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 27.8% · 144 pupils · North West 40%31%23%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 21.45 · 73 pupils · North West 28.42016/17: 22.64 · 47 pupils · North West 29.242017/18: 27.2 · 41 pupils · North West 30.22018/19: 16.47 · 41 pupils · North West 31.62021/22: 26.54 · 36 pupils · North West 35.972022/23: 21.43 · 48 pupils · North West 31.932023/24: 19.93 · 34 pupils · North West 32.72024/25: 18.15 · 20 pupils · North West 32.927.216.47No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
164 of 164 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st164164
2nd786
3rd573

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Goodas predecessor
  4. 2017Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2022Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 2022Goodas predecessor

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 · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,019
Free school meals (past 6 years)36.9%
First language not English1.9%
SEN support24.1%
EHC plan6.5%
Absence (sessions missed)11.3%
Persistently absent pupils34.1%

Girls 48.2%Boys 51.8%

82.6% full · 1,234 places · 71 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.6
Pupils per adult11.6
  • Classroom teachers 58.4
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 15.9
  • Other support 27.5

Teachers 65.4 FTE · Whole workforce 108.9 · 121 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 5 months.

  • +£768,000revenue reserve
  • +£306,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: THE CHALLENGE ACADEMY TRUST (14 academies) · trust reserve £5,478,000 · 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

167 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.4%
  • Education78.4%
  • Apprenticeship9.6%
  • Employment2.4%
  • Not sustained6.6%
  • Unknown3%

After sixth form (16–18)

47 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained83%
  • Education31.9%
  • Higher education27.7%
  • Apprenticeship14.9%
  • Employment36.2%
  • Not sustained12.8%
  • Unknown4.3%