Birkdale High School
Windy Harbour Road, Birkdale, Southport, PR8 3DT
Local ranking2nd of 20 secondary schools in Sefton
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
940
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Boys
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.4%
- Entering EBacc
- 77.8%
- EBacc APS
- 4.9
- Cohort Size
- 176
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 923
- Boys
- 923 (100%)
- Capacity
- 940 (98% full)
- SEND
- 19.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.8%
- EAL
- 11.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 16.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,515/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.7%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.3%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Other: 6.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
80.3%
White British
6.0%
White Other
6.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137297
- UKPRN
- 10034570
- Establishment No.
- 4108
- Trust
- SOUTHPORT LEARNING TRUST