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Weatherhead High School

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Breck Rd, Wallasey CH44 3HS · weatherheadhigh.co.uk · 0151 631 4400

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
41.9
average Attainment 8 score. Wirral 45.3, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,500
90% of 1,669 places
Local authority
Wirral
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
43.1%
First language not English
5.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Peninsula Multi Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 271 families put the school first and 259 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 239 (Places 254)239September 2023: 264 (Places 254)264September 2024: 247 (Places 263)247September 2025: 225 (Places 246)225September 2026: 271 (Places 259)271Places 259
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262592711▲94%
September 2025Sept 20252462250.9100%
September 2024Sept 20242632470.999%
September 2023Sept 20232542641▲91%
September 2022Sept 20222542390.996%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.9, and 28.1% 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 C (31.6 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: 46.0 (England 46.3)46.02017/18: 48.3 (England 46.5)48.32018/19: 47.4 (England 46.7)47.42021/22: 49.5 (England 48.8)49.52022/23: 43.0 (England 46.3)43.02023/24: 41.6 (England 45.9)41.62024/25: 41.9 (England 46.0)41.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼41.946.0
▼28.1%45.4%
▼53.0%64.8%
▲53.4%40.5%
▼3.714.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form53.8−10.3
Sixth form college14.8+6
Further education18.6+3.1
Other education0.8+0.4
Apprenticeship3−1
Employment3−0.2
Not in a lasting destination4.7+1.9
Activity not captured1.3+0.1

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: 29.0 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 29.7 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 31.5 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 32.7 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 36.2 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 30.7 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 34.7 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 31.6 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
87 studentsC (31.6)Average -0.06
87 studentsC+ (31.7)Average -0.06
55 studentsDist (34.9)Above average +0.45
12 studentsDist- (33.2)Above average +0.90
9.3%AAB or better
95.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24129C+ (34.7)+0.08
2022/23126C (30.7)—
2021/22156B- (36.2)—
2018/19111C+ (32.7)0.00
2017/18158C (31.5)+0.09
2016/17173C (29.7)-0.07
2015/16176C (29)-0.04

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University53.2−0.2
Further and other education1.7+0.1
Further education1.2—
Other education0.6—
Apprenticeship5.80
Employment22+0.3
Not in a lasting destination15.6+1.3
Activity not captured1.7−1.5

Ofsted

Weatherhead High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 29 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
29 Nov 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2012

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2012Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Jan 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

68% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
68%
Replies
37
2% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼73% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼73% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼57% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼68% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼79% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼67% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing●84% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼57% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼47% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼33% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 51% who had a child bullied

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