Co-op Academy Oldershaw
- Secondary
- Academy converter
- Ages 11 to 18
URN 136895 · Wirral · THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST
Inspection
Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.
Latest full inspection
1 April 2025Ofsted category: Special measures.
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Sixth form provision
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
Unannounced visit (no formal designation)
From September 2024 until report cards began, full inspections gave key judgements but no overall grade.
Earlier graded inspection
1 March 2022Overall effectiveness
Good
Full inspection (section 5)
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.
Attendance
Against Wirral and England, secondary schools.
Overall absence
2024/2515.9%
- Wirral
- 9.3%
- England
- 8.4%
7.5 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 7.9% | 5.7% | 5.5% |
| 2018/19 | 10.3% | 5.7% | 5.5% |
| 2020/21 | 6.9% | 5.9% | 5.5% |
| 2021/22 | 13.3% | 9.8% | 9.0% |
| 2022/23 | 15.0% | 9.8% | 9.0% |
| 2023/24 | 17.6% | 9.7% | 8.9% |
| 2024/25 | 15.9% | 9.3% | 8.4% |
Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Persistent absence
2024/2543.9%
- Wirral
- 25.4%
- England
- 23.4%
20.5 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 25.7% | 14.7% | 13.9% |
| 2018/19 | 31.2% | 14.4% | 13.7% |
| 2020/21 | 21.4% | 15.5% | 14.8% |
| 2021/22 | 44.2% | 29.0% | 27.7% |
| 2022/23 | 45.5% | 27.7% | 26.5% |
| 2023/24 | 50.1% | 26.8% | 25.6% |
| 2024/25 | 43.9% | 25.4% | 23.4% |
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Severe absence
2024/2511.1%
- Wirral
- 4.2%
- England
- 3.9%
7.2 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| 2018/19 | 3.3% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| 2020/21 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| 2021/22 | 4.1% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 3.8% | 3.4% |
| 2023/24 | 12.4% | 4.4% | 3.8% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 4.2% | 3.9% |
Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions
Against Wirral and England, secondary schools.
Suspensions per 100 pupils
2024/2542.42
- Wirral
- 12.89
- England
- 21.24
21.18 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 9.01 | 7.67 | 10.13 |
| 2018/19 | 12.70 | 7.30 | 10.75 |
| 2019/20 | 9.62 | 5.26 | 7.43 |
| 2020/21 | 10.80 | 6.50 | 8.48 |
| 2021/22 | 30.21 | 8.67 | 13.96 |
| 2022/23 | 40.79 | 13.42 | 18.90 |
| 2023/24 | 39.12 | 13.15 | 22.61 |
| 2024/25 | 42.42 | 12.89 | 21.24 |
Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
2024/250.85
- Wirral
- 0.18
- England
- 0.23
0.62 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.20 |
| 2018/19 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.20 |
| 2019/20 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.13 |
| 2020/21 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| 2021/22 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 0.64 | 0.25 | 0.22 |
| 2023/24 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.25 |
| 2024/25 | 0.85 | 0.18 | 0.23 |
Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Key stage 4 results
Against Wirral and England, secondary schools.
Attainment 8
2025/26 (provisional)29.0
- Wirral
- 46.8
- England
- 47.4
18.4 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 50.0 | 49.8 |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 46.4 | 47.2 |
| 2023/24 | 27.9 | 45.4 | 46.9 |
| 2024/25 | 28.0 | 46.4 | 47.1 |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 29.0 | 46.8 | 47.4 |
The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 4 or above
2025/26 (provisional)35%
- Wirral
- 66%
- England
- 66%
31 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 67% | 70% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 64% | 67% |
| 2023/24 | 31% | 62% | 67% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 64% | 66% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 35% | 66% | 66% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 5 or above
2025/26 (provisional)13%
- Wirral
- 46%
- England
- 48%
35 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 49% | 51% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 45% | 46% |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 43% | 47% |
| 2024/25 | 12% | 45% | 47% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 13% | 46% | 48% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
Pupils
Against Wirral and England, secondary schools.
Eligible for free school meals
2024/2561.2%
- Wirral
- 29.9%
- England
- 25.8%
35.4 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 50.5% | 24.1% | 20.9% |
| 2022/23 | 52.8% | 26.1% | 22.7% |
| 2023/24 | 54.9% | 27.5% | 24.1% |
| 2024/25 | 61.2% | 29.9% | 25.8% |
Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
SEN support
2024/2527.3%
- Wirral
- 15.2%
- England
- 13.4%
13.9 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 21.5% | 14.0% | 11.9% |
| 2022/23 | 23.8% | 15.3% | 12.4% |
| 2023/24 | 33.9% | 14.6% | 12.9% |
| 2024/25 | 27.3% | 15.2% | 13.4% |
Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Education, health and care plan
2024/259.2%
- Wirral
- 3.6%
- England
- 3.1%
6.1 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 5.8% | 1.7% | 2.2% |
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
First language other than English
2024/252.5%
- Wirral
- 6.6%
- England
- 19.2%
16.7 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 2.8% | 4.6% | 17.5% |
| 2022/23 | 3.2% | 5.2% | 18.1% |
| 2023/24 | 3.0% | 5.7% | 18.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.5% | 6.6% | 19.2% |
Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Teachers
Against Wirral and England, secondary schools.
Pupils per qualified teacher
2025/2613.5
- Wirral
- 15.5
- England
- 17.3
3.8 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 16.5 |
| 2018/19 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 16.8 |
| 2019/20 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 17.2 |
| 2020/21 | 14.1 | 16.1 | 17.1 |
| 2021/22 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.1 |
| 2022/23 | 14.7 | 16.1 | 17.2 |
| 2023/24 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 17.4 |
| 2024/25 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 17.3 |
| 2025/26 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 17.3 |
Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.
Teacher sickness absence
2024/259.5 days
- Wirral
- 5.0 days
- England
- 5.0 days
4.5 days higher than England.
Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.
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| Year | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 3.6 days | 4.3 days | 4.0 days |
| 2018/19 | 3.9 days | 4.7 days | 4.0 days |
| 2019/20 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 2020/21 | 5.6 days | 5.2 days | 3.9 days |
| 2021/22 | 7.4 days | 7.3 days | 6.3 days |
| 2022/23 | 8.3 days | 5.6 days | 5.2 days |
| 2023/24 | 10.8 days | 5.6 days | 5.3 days |
| 2024/25 | 9.5 days | 5.0 days | 5.0 days |
Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.
Finance
Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.
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About the school
- Pupils on roll
- 774
- Capacity
- 1,111
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Special educational needs provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
- Decile 6 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)
Address: Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 4RJ
Website: www.oldershaw.wirral.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01516382800
Sources and corrections
Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
- Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))
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