West Kirby School and College
Special schoolWest Kirby School and College is a special school in Wirral, for pupils aged 5 to 19. It had 115 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 7 July 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at West Kirby School and College was 10.2, against 45.6 in Wirral and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 10.2 | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 44.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 15 | – | – |
- West Kirby School and College teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- West Kirby Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)260 m
- West Kirby Grammar SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 68.6 (2025/26, provisional)270 m
- West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed1 km
- Avalon SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.5 km
- Black Horse Hill Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 20241.5 km
- Black Horse Hill Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2022. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 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).