Birkenhead School
58 Beresford Road, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 2JD
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 0 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headmaster
- Mr Paul Vicars
- Religious ethos
- Christian
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 892
- URN
- 105123
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516524014
About this school
Birkenhead School is an independent school in Prenton. It teaches children aged 0 to 19 and has 892 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Birkenhead School under its current framework. 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
Birkenhead School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1980, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 88 | 89 | 85 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.5 | 49.5 | 44.6 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
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 Birkenhead 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 | 47.5 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.5 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.6 | 37.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 958 |
| 2023/24 | 983 |
| 2024/25 | 955 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 69
- Pupils on SEN support
- 50
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wirral Hospitals' School0.8 miles
Academies · Wirral
-
Progress Schools - Wirral1.1 miles
Independent schools
-
Kilgarth School1.2 miles
Special schools · Birkenhead
-
Foxfield School1.2 miles
Special schools · Woodchurch
-
Horizons Independent School1.3 miles
Special schools · Birkenhead
Other schools in Prenton
- Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Co-op Academy Hillside Primary
- Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School Primary
- Prenton Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead Primary
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Ridgeway High School Secondary
- St Anselm's College Secondary
- Birkenhead High School Academy All-through
- The Observatory School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Birkenhead School teach?
- Birkenhead School teaches children aged 0 to 19. It is an independent school in Prenton.
- Who is the headmaster of Birkenhead School?
- The headmaster of Birkenhead School is Mr Paul Vicars, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Birkenhead School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Birkenhead 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 Birkenhead School?
- Birkenhead School has 892 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 0 to 19.
- Is Birkenhead School full?
- Birkenhead School has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 892 on roll (85%), 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 Birkenhead School a faith school?
- No. Birkenhead School has no designated religious character.
- How have Birkenhead School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.5 in 2022/23 and 44.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Birkenhead School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Birkenhead 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 24 July 2026.