Woodchurch High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 12 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wirral
Unique reference
138853
Address
Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, CH49 7NG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1419 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
56.2%
Girls
43.8%
First language not English
5.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.2%
Persistent absence
25.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
25.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.1%
Mixed 2%
Chinese 1.9%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other White 0.8%
African 0.8%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 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
-0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.6
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.18
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award26
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award42
MultimediaTechnical Award14
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award36
TourismTechnical Award1
Art & DesignGCSE19
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE8
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE21
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE24
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Woodchurch High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
263
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
307
2nd preference
186
3rd preference
113
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
247
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
3
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 classes20.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
286
165
121
Year 8
288
170
118
Year 9
282
152
130
Year 10
282
163
119
Year 11
281
148
133
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
48.0%
23.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
7.0%
47.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
24.0%
14.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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