Pensby High School
About the school
Pensby High School is an open secondary school in Wirral.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 23 March 2023
- Published
- 21 May 2023
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- School remains Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 44.8
- 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
- 42.70%
- Wirral
- 44.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 72.50%
- Wirral
- 62.00%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 14.00%
- Wirral
- 38.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.67
- Wirral
- 3.96
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
920
Girls
41.52%
Boys
58.48%
SEN support
16.41%
Education, health and care plan
2.07%
English as an additional language
3.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
23.59%
Overall absence
7.71
Persistent absence
20.78
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
157
Sustained education or employment
89%
Education
80%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
6%