The Mosslands School
Mosslands Drive, Wallasey, CH45 8PJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Boys
- Headteacher
- Mr Adrian Whiteley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,573
- Pupils on roll
- 848
- URN
- 105103
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516388131
About this school
The Mosslands School is a boys' community secondary school in Wallasey. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 848 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 212 | 188 | 176 |
| Attainment 8 score | 33.7 | 33.5 | 35.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.76 -0.95 to -0.57 | -0.83 -1.04 to -0.63 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% | 15.4% | 19.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% | 43.6% | 41.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 17% | 15.4% | 9.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Mosslands 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 | 33.7 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.5 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.2 | 37.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,045 |
| 2023/24 | 997 |
| 2024/25 | 897 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Mosslands School compares
The Mosslands School ranked 17th of 19 secondary schools in Wirral for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.2 | 11.6% | 42.3% | 848 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 33.2 | 12.9% | 48.1% | 1,073 | 0.4 miles |
| Weatherhead High School | 41.9 | 11.2% | 39.6% | 1,500 | 0.5 miles |
| The Oldershaw School | 28 | 15.9% | 63.1% | 774 | 0.7 miles |
| St Anselm's College | 57.2 | 5.3% | 14% | 1,002 | 2.1 miles |
| Birkenhead Park School | 39.9 | 6.9% | 66.1% | 731 | 2.2 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.26%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.61%
- Persistent absence
- 33.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Wallasey
-
Weatherhead High School0.5 miles
Secondary · Wallasey
-
The Oldershaw School0.7 miles
Secondary · Wallasey
-
St Anselm's College2.1 miles
Secondary · Prenton
-
Birkenhead Park School2.2 miles
Secondary · Birkenhead
Other schools in Wallasey
- St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- The Oldershaw School Secondary
- Weatherhead High School Secondary
- Somerville Nursery School Nursery
- Egremont Primary School Primary
- Greenleas Primary School Primary
- Kingsway Primary School Primary
- Liscard Primary School Primary
- New Brighton Primary School Primary
- Park Primary School Primary
- Somerville Primary School Primary
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Mosslands School teach?
- The Mosslands School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Wallasey.
- Who is the headteacher of The Mosslands School?
- The headteacher of The Mosslands School is Mr Adrian Whiteley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Mosslands School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Mosslands School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Mosslands School?
- The Mosslands School has 848 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Mosslands School full?
- The Mosslands School has capacity for 1,573 pupils and 848 on roll (54%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Mosslands School a faith school?
- No. The Mosslands School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Mosslands School a selective school?
- No. The Mosslands School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does The Mosslands School have?
- The schools register lists The Mosslands School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Mosslands School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 33.7 in 2022/23 and 35.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Mosslands School rank locally?
- The Mosslands School ranked 17th of 19 secondary schools in Wirral for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Mosslands School's absence rate?
- The Mosslands School's overall absence rate is 11.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Mosslands School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Mosslands 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 29 June 2026.