Black Horse Hill Junior School
Saughall Massie Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6DR
This school is closed (it closed in April 2024).
It was replaced by Black Horse Hill Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Hindle
- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 189
- URN
- 105032
- Local authority
- Wirral
About this school
Black Horse Hill Junior School was a community primary school in Wirral. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 189 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Black Horse Hill Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Black Horse Hill Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wirral average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 203 |
| 2023/24 | 189 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Black Horse Hill Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 27% | 189 | — |
| Black Horse Hill Junior School | 44% | 5.2% | 34.6% | 169 | 0.0 miles |
| Black Horse Hill Infant School | — | 5.8% | 25.6% | 102 | 0.0 miles |
| West Kirby Primary School | 81% | 3.4% | 13.2% | 297 | 0.9 miles |
| West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School | — | — | — | 420 | 0.9 miles |
| Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School | — | — | — | 288 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 19.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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Black Horse Hill Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Wirral
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Black Horse Hill Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Wirral
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West Kirby Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Wirral
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West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Wirral
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Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Wirral
Other schools in Wirral
- Barnston Primary School Primary
- Black Horse Hill Infant School Primary
- Black Horse Hill Junior School Primary
- Brackenwood Infant School Primary
- Brackenwood Junior School Primary
- Brookdale Primary School Primary
- Brookhurst Primary School Primary
- Castleway Primary School Primary
- Cathcart Street Primary School Primary
- Chapelhill Primary School Primary
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School Primary
- Church Drive Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Black Horse Hill Junior School teach?
- Black Horse Hill Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Wirral.
- Has Black Horse Hill Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Black Horse Hill Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Black Horse Hill Junior School?
- Black Horse Hill Junior School had 189 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Black Horse Hill Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Black Horse Hill Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Black Horse Hill Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2024.