South Wirral High School is a secondary school located in Wirral. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 21/03/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.7%, which is 2.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Plymyard Avenue, Wirral

School Information

Address: Plymyard Avenue, Wirral, CH62 8EH
Website: http://www.southwirral.wirral.sch.uk
Telephone: 01513273213
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wirral
Headteacher / Principal: Mr S Goodwin
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 105107

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 21/03/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1189
Number of Pupils: 901
Number of Boys: 485
Number of Girls: 416

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 19.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.1 Confidence interval -0.32 to 0.12
Of the 136 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 132 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:20%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:28%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.37
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Heygarth Primary School
Heygarth Road , Eastham CH62 8AG
3out of 4 593 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary School
Willington Avenue , Eastham CH62 9EB
3out of 4 686 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Brookhurst Primary School
Brookhurst Road , Bromborough CH63 0EH
3out of 4 1,138 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Raeburn Primary School
Morland Avenue , Bromborough CH62 6BD
3out of 4 1,192 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Christ The King Catholic Primary School
Allport Road , Bromborough CH62 6AE
3out of 4 1,768 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
South Wirral High School
Plymyard Avenue , Eastham CH62 8EH
2out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.