South Wirral High School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, South Wirral High School, inspected in October 2022.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2025–26 South Wirral High School had 15.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7).

Pupils per teacher

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 24.6% of pupils at South Wirral High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 8.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

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South Wirral High School is part of The Challenge Academy Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• The Sutton Academy St Helens
• Penketh South Community Primary School Warrington
• Penketh High School Warrington
• Great Sankey Primary School Warrington
• Dallam Community Primary School Warrington
• Priestley College Warrington
• Bridgewater High School Warrington
• Broomfields Junior School Warrington
• Beamont Collegiate Academy Warrington
• Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School Warrington

What is South Wirral High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for South Wirral High School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022 of its predecessor, South Wirral High School.

When was South Wirral High School last inspected by Ofsted?

South Wirral High School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does South Wirral High School have?

South Wirral High School has 1,019 pupils on roll.

What age range does South Wirral High School cover?

South Wirral High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are South Wirral High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 38.1, and 27% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is South Wirral High School?

South Wirral High School is at Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 8EH.