Birkenhead High School Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,226 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5
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Prenton High School for Girls
- Pupils on roll
- 770of 790 places
- Free school meals
- 46.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 154
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 30 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Prenton High School for Girls (URN 105093, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Prenton High School for Girls has no sixth form. Of the 151 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 40% moved to a sixth form college, 31% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 40% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.9 against 46.1 across England and 45.3 in Wirral, with 33% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wirral and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 151 | 3,848 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 38% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 40% | 19% | 13% |
| — further education college | 31% | 25% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.9 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 42% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.32 | 3.96 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 43% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.3 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.0 | 51.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 8% | 6% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 149 | 97% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 71% |
| Mathematics | 148 | 96% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 61% |
| English Literature | 135 | 88% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 73% |
| Combined Science | 113 | 73% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 44% |
| History | 75 | 49% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 63% |
| Spanish | 64 | 42% | 19% | 2% | 27% | 45% |
| Geography | 55 | 36% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 53% |
| Photography | 45 | 29% | 6% | 42% | 19% | 98% |
| Art and Design | 35 | 23% | 7% | 26% | 24% | 94% |
| Sociology | 34 | 22% | 4% | 15% | 21% | 65% |
| Textiles | 30 | 19% | 2% | 20% | 27% | 83% |
| Biology | 27 | 18% | 23% | 4% | 45% | 81% |
| Physics | 26 | 17% | 23% | 0% | 46% | 62% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 17% | 23% | 4% | 47% | 77% |
| Physical Education | 24 | 16% | 11% | 8% | 24% | 58% |
| Religious Studies | 15 | 10% | 31% | 20% | 32% | 73% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 13 | 8% | 8% | 15% | 21% | 46% |
| Music | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 21 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 14 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 14 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 1 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Wirral
Birkenhead Park School
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71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.9
Calday Grange Grammar School
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95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 68.1
Co-op Academy Bebington
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,044 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.3
Hilbre High School
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0
Pensby High School
Foundation school · sixth form · 915 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.