Birkenhead High School Academy
All-through schoolBirkenhead High School Academy is a all-through school in Wirral, for pupils aged 3 to 19. It had 1,226 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), April 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 25 April 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 61% of pupils at Birkenhead High School Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Wirral and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Birkenhead High School Academy was 49.1, against 45.6 in Wirral and 46.2 in England.
44% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.1 | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 44.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72.4% | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 134 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Anselm's CollegeSecondary. Standards maintained, March 2025. Attainment 8 of 63.1 (2025/26, provisional)250 m
- Birkenhead SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file470 m
- Birkenhead Park SchoolSecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 39.1 (2025/26, provisional)590 m
- Birkenhead Sixth Form CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file840 m
- Wirral Hospitals' SchoolPupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Outstanding, April 20241.1 km
- Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wirral
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).