South Wirral High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 2022 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wirral
Unique reference
105107
Address
Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, CH62 8EH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1026 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
53.5%
Girls
46.5%
First language not English
1.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.9%
Persistent absence
29.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
25.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95%
Mixed 1.8%
Other White 0.9%
Unclassified 0.8%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.9
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE167
English LiteratureGCSE164
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

South Wirral High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
191
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
106
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
55
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
32
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
214
112
102
Year 8
211
108
103
Year 9
214
117
97
Year 10
142
73
69
Year 11
168
96
72
Year 12
41
26
15
Year 13
36
17
19
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
86.4%
85.6%
Further education
28.0%
23.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
37.0%
47.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
13.0%
14.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
37.0%
71.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
29.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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