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Co-op Academy Oldershaw

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Valkyrie Road, Wallasey CH45 4RJ · oldershaw.wirral.sch.uk · 0151 638 2800

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
28
average Attainment 8 score. Wirral 45.3, England 46
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
774
70% of 1,111 places
Local authority
Wirral
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
62.9%
First language not English
4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Co-Operative Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 82 families put the school first and 102 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 228 (Places 158)228September 2023: 183 (Places 159)183September 2024: 158 (Places 160)158September 2025: 161 (Places 158)161September 2026: 82 (Places 102)82Places 102
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026102820.8100%
September 2025Sept 20251581611▲98%
September 2024Sept 20241601581100%
September 2023Sept 20231591831.2▲85%
September 2022Sept 20221582281.4▲68%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 28, and 12.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wirral it was 45.3, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade E+ (13.6 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 41.2 (England 46.3)41.22017/18: 34.3 (England 46.5)34.32018/19: 34.8 (England 46.7)34.82021/22: 34.8 (England 48.8)34.82022/23: 28.7 (England 46.3)28.72023/24: 27.9 (England 45.9)27.92024/25: 28.0 (England 46.0)28.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼2846
▼12.2%45.4%
▼28.8%64.8%
▼0.6%40.5%
▼2.254.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form2.4−35.3
Sixth form college18.3+10.1
Further education57.3+25.2
Apprenticeship0.6−0.7
Employment2.4−3.3
Not in a lasting destination12.8+1.5
Activity not captured6.1+3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 18.0 (England 30.5)D-2016/17: 22.5 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 16.9 (England 32.1)D-2018/19: 19.8 (England 32.9)D2021/22: 19.8 (England 37.9)D2022/23: 17.0 (England 34.2)D-2023/24: 22.1 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 13.6 (England 35.0)E+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
17 studentsE+ (13.6)Well below average -0.63
17 studentsE+ (13.9)Below average -0.61
8 studentsMerit- (21.6)Average -0.14
Technical certificate13 studentsL2Merit- (5.6)Average 0.00
0%AAB or better
69.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2423D+ (22.1)-0.14
2022/2320D- (17)—
2021/2225D (19.8)—
2018/1929D (19.8)-0.65
2017/1829D- (16.9)-0.97
2016/1732D+ (22.5)-0.81
2015/1645D- (18)-0.60

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University31.3+6.3
Apprenticeship6.3−4.8
Employment28.1+8.7
Not in a lasting destination21.9−14.2
Activity not captured12.5—

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Co-op Academy Oldershaw on 1 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
1 Apr 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Sixth formInadequate

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2022Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Apr 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

29% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
29%
Replies
14
2% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼43% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼35% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼14% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼43% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼43% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼14% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼28% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼64% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼29% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼21% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼30% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 93% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼25% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 57% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼20% agreeEngland 67%

based on 10 parents (71%) with SEND

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