South Wirral High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wirral, CH62 8EH
- Distance
- 5.3km away
Neston High School
Raby Park Road, Neston, CH64 9NH
Local ranking10th of 20 secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1719
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 23 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 298
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
95
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 234
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1724
- Boys
- 902 (53%)
- Girls
- 810 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1719 (100% full)
- SEND
- 16.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.5%
- EAL
- 2.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 106.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,623/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.4%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
93.4%
White British
1.9%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Raby Park Road
Neston, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138318
- UKPRN
- 10037585
- Establishment No.
- 4100
- Trust
- NESTON HIGH SCHOOL
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