This schoolOther secondary schools in WirralSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 19 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 3 July 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry320 applications · 157 places offered · 155 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2024 2.2; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2023 2.2; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2022 2.3; Wirral median median 2.2
- 2021 2.1; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2020 2.1; Wirral median median 1.9
- 2019 2.0; Wirral median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; Wirral median median 2.0
- 2017 2.2; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2016 2.2; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2015 2.2; Wirral median median 2.2
- 2014 2.1; Wirral median median 2.1
- This school
- Wirral median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 157 | 320 | 2.0 | 155 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 156 | 332 | 2.1 | 162 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 155 | 333 | 2.2 | 164 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 136 | 305 | 2.2 | 134 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 140 | 315 | 2.3 | 141 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 153 | 317 | 2.1 | 151 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 134 | 279 | 2.1 | 132 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 139 | 278 | 2.0 | 138 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 138 | 279 | 2.0 | 138 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 125 | 278 | 2.2 | 121 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 135 | 291 | 2.2 | 159 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 | 134 | 298 | 2.2 | 140 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 | 97 | 203 | 2.1 | 93 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 158 | 63.1 | 88% | 95% | – |
| 2024/25 | 159 | 57.2 | 76% | 94% | – |
| 2023/24 | 162 | 55.6 | 72% | 91% | +0.03 |
| 2022/23 | 156 | 58.2 | 80% | 97% | +0.24 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Anselm's CollegeThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 63.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.3 km · WirralGood20234.7applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · Wirral20261.9applications per place 39.1Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · WirralGood20242.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · WirralGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · WirralGood20221.6applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · WirralRemains Good20222.5applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · WirralRequires improvement20241.8applications per place 34.5Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · WirralOutstanding20222.0applications per place 65.6Attainment 8 Selective
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136780 · 344/5900
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,026 pupils · 1,002 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2011
- Replaced
- St Anselm's College (URN 105114)
- Address
- Manor Hill, Prenton, CH43 1UQ
- Local authority
- Wirral
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources