Birkenhead High School Academy
About the school
Birkenhead High School Academy is an open all-through school in Wirral.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 25 April 2023
- Published
- 18 June 2023
- Inspection type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 50.5
- Wirral
- 45.3
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Wirral
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 45.30%
- Wirral
- 44.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 70.80%
- Wirral
- 62.00%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 44.50%
- Wirral
- 38.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.41
- Wirral
- 3.96
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C+
Average A-level points
- School
- 34.87
AAB or better
- School
- 3.10%
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 61%
- Wirral
- 56%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Wirral
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 70%
- Wirral
- 72%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 70%
- Wirral
- 67%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Wirral
- 68%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 75%
- Wirral
- 69%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 23%
- Wirral
- 25%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 82%
- Wirral
- 77%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Wirral
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 103
- Wirral
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Wirral
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1212
Girls
100.00%
Boys
0.00%
SEN support
15.92%
Education, health and care plan
3.55%
English as an additional language
6.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
18.95%
Overall absence
6.86
Persistent absence
16.6
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
133
Sustained education or employment
95%
Education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
4%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
66
Sustained education or employment
89%
Higher education
47%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
30%