Schools in Wirral
135 schools in the Wirral local authority.
Schools
135
Open schools
Pupils
50,530
2025–26 census
Good or better
84%
92 of 109 graded
Academic Performance
4.0
out of 10 · 120 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 12 11%
- Good
- 80 73%
- Requires improvement
- 14 13%
- Inadequate
- 3 3%
12 inspected since 2024, no overall grade17 superseded by a report card14 not judged1 in a category of concern
4.0
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 120 of 135 schools that can be scored
Pupils
50,530
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 134 of 135 schools (50,530 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
86%Asian
4%Black
2%Mixed
4%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
3%Ethnicity from 124 of 135 schools (49,215 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 32.9%
- First language not English
- 7.5%
- Young carers
- <1%
16,187 of 49,215 pupils · 124 of 135 schools
3,675 of 49,215 pupils · 124 of 135 schools
92 of 48,931 pupils · 121 of 135 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 92
- Secondary
- 20
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 14
- Nursery
- 3
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 4
Top primary schools in Wirral
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Thornton Hough Primary SchoolWirral · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary SchoolWirral · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 3.Mersey Park Primary SchoolWirral · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 4.Brackenwood Infant SchoolWirral · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 5.Town Lane Infant SchoolWirral · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 6.Gayton Primary SchoolWirral · Primary8.6/10Good
- 7.Poulton Lancelyn Primary SchoolWirral · Primary8.6/10Good
- 8.West Kirby Primary SchoolWirral · Primary8.5/10Good
- 9.Barnston Primary SchoolWirral · Primary8.4/10Good
- 10.Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary SchoolWirral · Primary8.3/10
- 11.Townfield Primary SchoolWirral · Primary7.4/10Good
- 12.Great Meols Primary SchoolWirral · Primary6.8/10Good
- 13.St George's Primary SchoolWirral · Primary6.8/10Good
- 14.Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolWirral · Primary6.7/10Good
- 15.Greasby Junior SchoolWirral · Primary6.6/10Good
- 16.Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolWirral · Primary6.4/10Good
- 17.Liscard Primary SchoolWirral · Primary6.3/10Good
- 18.Church Drive Primary SchoolWirral · Primary6.0/10Good
- 19.Raeburn Primary SchoolWirral · Primary5.8/10Good
- 20.Stanton Road Primary SchoolWirral · Primary5.8/10Good
Top secondary schools in Wirral
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Upton Hall School FCJWirral · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Wirral Grammar School for GirlsWirral · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Calday Grange Grammar SchoolWirral · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 4.West Kirby Grammar SchoolWirral · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 5.Wirral Grammar School for BoysWirral · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 6.St Anselm's CollegeWirral · Secondary8.7/10Good
- 7.Birkenhead High School AcademyWirral · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 8.South Wirral High SchoolWirral · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 9.Pensby High SchoolWirral · Secondary3.9/10Good
- 10.Weatherhead High SchoolWirral · Secondary2.6/10Good
- 11.Prenton High School for GirlsWirral · Secondary2.2/10Good
- 12.Woodchurch High SchoolWirral · Secondary2.0/10
- 13.Co-op Academy BebingtonWirral · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 14.Hilbre High SchoolWirral · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 15.Ridgeway High SchoolWirral · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 16.St John Plessington Catholic CollegeWirral · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 17.The Oldershaw SchoolWirral · Secondary1.2/10
- 18.Birkenhead Park SchoolWirral · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
- 19.St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyWirral · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
- 20.The Mosslands SchoolWirral · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Wirral
- How many schools are there in Wirral?
- Wirral has 135 open schools — 92 primary, 20 secondary, 14 special, 3 nursery, teaching 50,530 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Wirral are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 92 of the 109 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 84% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 12 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 135: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Wirral?
- 4.0 out of 10, averaged across the 120 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Wirral schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 26 schools in Wirral currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Wirral local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Wirral covers 135 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Wirral are eligible for free school meals?
- 32.9% — 16,187 of 49,215 pupils at the 124 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North West region.