Woodchurch High School
Carr Bridge Road, Wirral, CH49 7NG
1,399 pupils · 100% of 1,405 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- WOODCHURCH HIGH SCHOOL
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Free school meals
- 43%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 24 June 2025, published 7 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 37.9 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 27.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 51.6% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 43.8% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 253 | 247 | 623 | 253 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 257 | 271 | 601 | 257 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 263 | 307 | 655 | 263 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 274 | 346 | 756 | 273 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 267 | 379 | 807 | 267 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 270 | 382 | 885 | 270 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 275 | 408 | 832 | 275 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 264 | 425 | 846 | 264 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Ridgeway High School 0.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Upton Hall School FCJ 2 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- St Anselm's College 2.4 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Birkenhead Park School 2.8 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Prenton High School for Girls 3.4 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Pensby High School 4.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.