South Wirral High School
Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 8EH
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by South Wirral High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Mike Cloherty
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,234
- Pupils on roll
- 1,045
- URN
- 105107
- Local authority
- Wirral
About this school
South Wirral High School was a foundation secondary school in Wirral. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,045 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
South Wirral High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 183 | 167 | 144 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.9 | 37.3 | 37.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.16 -0.37 to +0.04 | -0.38 -0.59 to -0.16 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 28.7% | 27.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 52.1% | 55.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 11% | 14.4% | 18.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
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 South Wirral High 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 | 40.9 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.3 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,040 |
| 2023/24 | 1,026 |
| 2024/25 | 1,045 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How South Wirral High School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.4 | 11.3% | 36.9% | 1,045 | — |
| South Wirral High School | — | — | — | 1,019 | 0.0 miles |
| Wirral Grammar School for Boys | 65.4 | 4% | 9.5% | 1,123 | 2.9 miles |
| Wirral Grammar School for Girls | 69.3 | 5% | 9.2% | 1,224 | 3.0 miles |
| Co-op Academy Bebington | 37.3 | 9.9% | 51.7% | 1,044 | 3.2 miles |
| Neston High School | 43.4 | 8.4% | 19.5% | 1,712 | 3.3 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.92%
- English as an additional language
- 1.9%
- Overall absence
- 11.34%
- Persistent absence
- 34.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
South Wirral High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Wirral
-
Wirral Grammar School for Boys2.9 miles
Secondary · Wirral
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Wirral Grammar School for Girls3.0 miles
Secondary · Wirral
-
Co-op Academy Bebington3.2 miles
Secondary · Wirral
-
Neston High School3.3 miles
Secondary · Neston
Other schools in Wirral
- Calday Grange Grammar School Secondary
- Co-op Academy Bebington Secondary
- Hilbre High School Secondary
- Pensby High School Secondary
- South Wirral High School Secondary
- St John Plessington Catholic College Secondary
- Upton Hall School FCJ Secondary
- West Kirby Grammar School Secondary
- Wirral Grammar School for Boys Secondary
- Wirral Grammar School for Girls Secondary
- Woodchurch High School Secondary
- Castleway Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does South Wirral High School teach?
- South Wirral High School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Wirral.
- Has South Wirral High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected South Wirral High 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 big is South Wirral High School?
- South Wirral High School had 1,045 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have South Wirral High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.9 in 2022/23 and 37.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are South Wirral High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, South Wirral High 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 7 July 2025.