Foxfield School
New Hey Road, Woodchurch, CH49 5LF
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Becky McBride
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 212
- Pupils on roll
- 242
- URN
- 105131
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516418810
About this school
Foxfield School is a community special school in Woodchurch. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 242 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Foxfield School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 8 February 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 16 | 20 | 25 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Foxfield 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 174 |
| 2023/24 | 195 |
| 2024/25 | 212 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.02%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.76%
- Persistent absence
- 25.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meadowside School0.6 miles
Special schools · Wirral
-
Gilbrook School0.8 miles
Special schools
-
Birkenhead School1.2 miles
Independent schools · Prenton
-
Wirral Wrap1.6 miles
Special schools · Birkenhead
-
Hayfield School1.6 miles
Special schools · Wirral
Common questions
- What ages does Foxfield School teach?
- Foxfield School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Woodchurch.
- Who is the headteacher of Foxfield School?
- The headteacher of Foxfield School is Mrs Becky McBride, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Foxfield School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Foxfield 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 many pupils are at Foxfield School?
- Foxfield School has 242 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Foxfield School full?
- Foxfield School has capacity for 212 pupils and 242 on roll (114%), so it is at or above 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 Foxfield School a faith school?
- No. Foxfield School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Foxfield School have?
- The schools register lists Foxfield School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Foxfield School's absence rate?
- Foxfield School's overall absence rate is 9.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Foxfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Foxfield 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.