# West Kirby School and College

West 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.

Special school. Code E105137. [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Non-maintained special school
- Ages: 5 to 19
- Pupils: 115
- Council: Wirral
- URN: 105137

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [West Kirby Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-kirby-primary-school-e105023): 260 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [West Kirby Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-kirby-grammar-school-e137243): 270 m. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 68.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-kirby-st-bridgets-cofe-primary-school-e152080): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed
- [Avalon School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/avalon-school-e105122): 1.5 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Black Horse Hill Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/black-horse-hill-infant-school-e105027): 1.5 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024
- [Black Horse Hill Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/black-horse-hill-junior-school-e150633): 1.5 km. Primary. School remains Good, June 2022. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/105137)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/105137)

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