Gilbrook School
Ofsted: Strong
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- CH49 8HE
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Meadowside School
Pool Lane, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 5LA
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
113
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 0.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 15
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 112
- Boys
- 74 (66%)
- Girls
- 38 (34%)
- Capacity
- 113 (99% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 67.6%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 9.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £24,934/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 90.2%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Asian Other: 1.8%
- Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
90.2%
White British
1.8%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Pool Lane
Wirral, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105133
- UKPRN
- 10018170
- Establishment No.
- 7007
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