Hilbre High School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Frankby Road
West Kirby
Wirral
Merseyside
CH48 6EQ
Phone 01516255996
Reference Number 138355

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1201
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.2%
Girls: 45.8%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 113 101 214
8 110 95 205
9 116 83 199
10 97 102 199
11 112 85 197
12 53 42 95
13 50 42 92

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.2%
White, Other 2.2%
White & Asian 1.6%
Mixed, Other 1.1%
Asian, Other 0.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
African 0.2%
Unclassified 0.1%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2021-12-06
Date Description Report
2021-10-12 School inspection School inspection
2016-06-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-06-17 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-02-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-08-10 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Hilbre High School
2011-11-09 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-01-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-03-18 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-02-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-12-04 Full inspection Full inspection
2011-11-09 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-01-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-03-18 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-02-08 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2000-12-04 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)
35.4 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 24.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 40.1% Unlock Unlock

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)
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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:

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GCSE Results

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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.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 17.67 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 15.79 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade D- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) D- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 0% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 179 9
Third Preference 126 1
From another Local Authority 3 1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
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0.12 miles
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0.12 miles
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0.85 miles
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0.92 miles
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1.39 miles
Greasby Infant School
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1.64 miles
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1.7 miles
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2.65 miles
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0.58 miles
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1 miles
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3.52 miles
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3.55 miles
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3.64 miles
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4.42 miles
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4.52 miles
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
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4.58 miles
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4.65 miles
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4.73 miles
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4.89 miles
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