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Prenton High School for Girls
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Hesketh Avenue, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead CH42 6RR · prentonhighschool.co.uk · 0151 644 8113
On the mapSearch near CH42 6RR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Wirral 45.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 770
- 97% of 790 places
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 46.9%
- First language not English
- 13.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 137 families put the school first and 147 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 147 | 137 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 153 | 149 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 152 | 168 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 156 | 156 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 154 | 139 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.9, and 33.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wirral it was 45.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼33.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ●42.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.32 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.8 | +1.3 |
| Sixth form college | 35.7 | −19.5 |
| Further education | 40.3 | +10.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.2 | +1.3 |
| Employment | 3.2 | +0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.4 | +2.6 |
| Activity not captured | 3.2 | — |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 30 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Prenton High School for Girls was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 29 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (66 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 66
- 8% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (27%) with SEND