Pensby High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 23 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wirral
Unique reference
105101
Address
Irby Road, Heswall, CH61 6XN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
902 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
56.2%
Girls
43.8%
First language not English
2.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.2%
Persistent absence
18.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.3%
Mixed 2.1%
Other White 1.7%
Other Asian 1%
Other 0.7%
Chinese 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
African 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.8
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.87
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE29
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE56
BiologyGCSE37
ChemistryGCSE37
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE160
English LiteratureGCSE160
GeographyGCSE87
HistoryGCSE99
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Pensby High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
208
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
179
2nd preference
204
3rd preference
145
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
103
82
Year 8
185
100
85
Year 9
191
105
86
Year 10
176
114
62
Year 11
165
85
80
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.4%
85.6%
Further education
39.0%
23.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
9.0%
47.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
37.0%
14.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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