Birkdale High School is a secondary school located in Southport. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 07/11/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Windy Harbour Road, Southport

School Information

Address: Windy Harbour Road, Southport, PR8 3DT
Website: http://www.birkdalehigh.co.uk/
Telephone: 01704577253
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Sefton
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Gil Bourgade
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137297

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/11/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Boys
School Capacity: 940
Number of Pupils: 815
Number of Boys: 815
Number of Girls: 0

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.08 Confidence interval -0.31 to 0.15
Of the 118 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 116 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:46%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:48%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.19
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Farnborough Road Junior School
Farnborough Road , Birkdale PR8 3DF 		3out of 4 909 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Farnborough Road Infant School
Farnborough Road , Birkdale PR8 3DF 		3out of 4 909 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
Grantham Road , PR8 4LT 		3out of 4 1,421 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Ainsdale St John's Church of England Primary School
Sandbrook Road , Ainsdale PR8 3JE 		4out of 4 1,615 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Kings Meadow Primary School and Early Years Education Centre
Meadow Lane , Ainsdale PR8 3RS 		3out of 4 2,637 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Birkdale High School
Windy Harbour Road , Birkdale PR8 3DT 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
Greenbank High School
Hastings Road , PR8 2LT 		4out of 4 1,298 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Stamford Road , PR8 4EX 		2out of 4 2,361 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Merefield School
Westminster Drive , PR8 2QZ 		4out of 4 2,475 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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