Pensby High School

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Irby Road
Heswall
Wirral
Merseyside
CH61 6XN
Phone 01513420570
Reference Number 105101

Description

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Pensby High School, located in Pensby on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, is a co-educational secondary institution with a rich history. Established in 1950, the school was once comprised of a boys' and girls' school that merged in 2015 to create a fully-integrated learning environment for students aged 11 to 16. At present, the school accommodates approximately 688 pupils across its capacity of 890 students, reporting in January 2018. Pensby High School falls under the jurisdiction of the Wirral Borough Council and is a community school with Kevin Flanagan as its headteacher.

Notable former pupils from Pensby High School include political philosopher Phillip Blond, football players Graham Branch, Mike Dean, Steve Cummings, and Ian Woan, as well as British army soldier Phil Morris MBE.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 884
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 57.24%
Girls: 42.76%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 189
8 193
9 177
10 168
11 157
12 0
13 0

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-05-22
Date Description Report
2023-03-22 School inspection School inspection
2018-01-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-09-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-04-29 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-02-25 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-01-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-09-25 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education
Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
44.7 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 44% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 62% Upgrade Upgrade

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
0.26 Upgrade Upgrade

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 232 22
Third Preference 175 6
From another Local Authority 4 1

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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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