Ridgeway High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Prenton, CH43 9EB
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Woodchurch High School
Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 7NG
Local ranking11th of 19 secondary schools in Wirral
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1405
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 June 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
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 37.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 43.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 281
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1415
- Boys
- 822 (58%)
- Girls
- 593 (42%)
- Capacity
- 1405 (101% full)
- SEND
- 32.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.5%
- EAL
- 5.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.0%
- SEN Support
- 26.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 104.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,739/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 91.8%
- Asian Chinese: 2.0%
- Black African: 1.1%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- White Irish: 0.4%
91.8%
White British
2.0%
Asian Chinese
1.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Carr Bridge Road
Wirral, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138853
- UKPRN
- 10035704
- Establishment No.
- 4012
- Trust
- WOODCHURCH HIGH SCHOOL
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