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Hilbre High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,154Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138355URN

Frankby Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6EQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.3per place
1.1 above Wirral median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WirralSelective

578 applications for 178 places · 3rd of 20 in Wirral
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.8of 90
15th of 20 in Wirral
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention
  2. 13 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.3applications per place, Year 7
1.1 above Wirral median (2.1) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

578 applications · 178 places offered · 181 named it first

  1. 2026 3.3; Wirral median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.4; Wirral median median 2.1
  3. 2024 3.2; Wirral median median 2.1
  4. 2023 3.0; Wirral median median 2.1
  5. 2022 3.1; Wirral median median 2.2
  6. 2021 3.6; Wirral median median 2.1
  7. 2020 2.7; Wirral median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.6; Wirral median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.8; Wirral median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.4; Wirral median median 2.1
  11. 2016 2.6; Wirral median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.8; Wirral median median 2.2
  13. 2014 2.4; Wirral median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Wirral median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Wirral median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261785783.31811.02
Sep 20251765933.42051.16
Sep 20241906153.22281.20
Sep 20232106273.02511.20
Sep 20221925903.11921.00
Sep 20211826523.62321.27
Sep 20201935212.71740.90
Sep 20191894852.61610.85
Sep 20181895192.82091.11
Sep 20171934712.42241.16
Sep 20161734502.61580.91
Sep 20151744932.82021.16
Sep 20141734122.41590.92

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

197 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.815th of 20 in Wirral
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%13th of 20 in Wirral
Grade 4 or above in English and maths52%
  • This school
  • Wirral median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.43
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19737.827%52%–
2024/2519239.025%48%–
2023/2419735.424%45%−0.43
2022/2320039.429%58%+0.01

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138355 · 344/4060
Trust
Oak Trees Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,160 pupils · 1,154 on roll
Free school meals
30.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 July 2012
Replaced
Hilbre High School (URN 105102)
Address
Frankby Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6EQ
Local authority
Wirral

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources