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South Wirral High School

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  • Academy converter
  • Ages 11 to 18

URN 151354 · Wirral · THE CHALLENGE ACADEMY TRUST

In Wirral

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

11 October 2022

Overall effectiveness
Good

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Sixth form provision
Good
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2

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.

Key stage 4 results

Against Wirral and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

38.1

Wirral
46.8
England
47.4

9.3 lower than England.

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)

57%

Wirral
66%
England
66%

9 percentage points lower than England.

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)

27%

Wirral
46%
England
48%

21 percentage points lower than England.

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.

Teachers

Against Wirral and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

15.8

Wirral
15.5
England
17.3

1.5 lower than England.

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

2024/25

Not publishedNot published for this school

Wirral
5.0 days
England
5.0 days

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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
1,019
Capacity
1,234
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 18
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
THE CHALLENGE ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 April 2025
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 3 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 8EH

Website: southwirral.wirral.sch.uk/

Telephone: 01513273213

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Sources and corrections

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South Wirral High School, URN 151354. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/151354/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.