Birkenhead High School Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,226 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5
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Woodchurch High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,399of 1,405 places
- Free school meals
- 43.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 281
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 24 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Woodchurch High School Engineering College (URN 105095, until 1 October 2012).
What the data says
Woodchurch High School has no sixth form. Of the 281 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 24% moved to a sixth form college, 48% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.9 against 46.1 across England and 45.3 in Wirral, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 90% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, Woodchurch High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Woodchurch High School | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 281 | 3,848 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 38% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 24% | 19% | 13% |
| — further education college | 48% | 25% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Woodchurch High School | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.9 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 44% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.24 | 3.96 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 34% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.9 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.0 | 51.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 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 | 284 | 100% | 89% | 3% | 20% | 57% |
| Mathematics | 281 | 100% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 55% |
| Religious Studies | 253 | 90% | 31% | 8% | 32% | 55% |
| Combined Science | 251 | 89% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 47% |
| English Literature | 250 | 89% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 71% |
| Spanish | 97 | 35% | 19% | 3% | 27% | 58% |
| History | 96 | 34% | 41% | 5% | 26% | 54% |
| Geography | 94 | 33% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 53% |
| Photography | 45 | 16% | 6% | 2% | 19% | 73% |
| Business Studies | 43 | 15% | 18% | 2% | 20% | 47% |
| Physical Education | 36 | 13% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 56% |
| Textiles | 34 | 12% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 74% |
| 3D Design | 30 | 11% | 2% | 3% | 16% | 70% |
| Media Studies | 30 | 11% | 4% | 3% | 20% | 57% |
| French | 27 | 10% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 48% |
| Physics | 25 | 9% | 23% | 32% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 25 | 9% | 23% | 32% | 45% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 25 | 9% | 9% | 12% | 28% | 80% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 9% | 23% | 44% | 47% | 100% |
| Drama | 23 | 8% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 65% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 8% | 13% | 9% | 30% | 27% |
| Statistics | 12 | 4% | 5% | 25% | 20% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 9 | 3% | 7% | 22% | 24% | 67% |
| Chinese | 8 | 3% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 91 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 68 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 56 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 24 | — | — |
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 20 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 16 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 12 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 12 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 11 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 11 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 11 | — | — |
Where Woodchurch High School is
Other secondary schools in Wirral are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Wirral’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Wirral
Birkenhead Park School
Academy sponsor led · 731 pupils
71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.9
Calday Grange Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,493 pupils
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
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,154 pupils
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.