Gilbrook School
Glebe Hey Road, Woodchurch, CH49 8HE
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsten Brown
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 60
- Pupils on roll
- 60
- URN
- 105134
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01515223900
About this school
Gilbrook School is a community special school in Wirral. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 60 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Gilbrook School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 13 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 6% | 8% | 6% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 6% | 8% | 6% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 113.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -13.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -13.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -14.70 | - | - |
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 Gilbrook 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 | 0% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60 |
| 2023/24 | 59 |
| 2024/25 | 63 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 87.3%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 12.06%
- Persistent absence
- 39.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meadowside School0.3 miles
Special schools · Wirral
-
Foxfield School0.8 miles
Special schools · Woodchurch
-
Hayfield School1.0 miles
Special schools · Wirral
-
Wirral Wrap1.2 miles
Special schools · Birkenhead
-
Orrets Meadow School1.5 miles
Academies · Wirral
Common questions
- What ages does Gilbrook School teach?
- Gilbrook School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a special school in Wirral.
- Who is the headteacher of Gilbrook School?
- The headteacher of Gilbrook School is Mrs Kirsten Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Gilbrook School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gilbrook 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 Gilbrook School?
- Gilbrook School has 60 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Gilbrook School full?
- Gilbrook School has capacity for 60 pupils and 60 on roll (100%), 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 Gilbrook School a faith school?
- No. Gilbrook School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Gilbrook School have?
- The schools register lists Gilbrook 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 Gilbrook School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Gilbrook School's absence rate?
- Gilbrook School's overall absence rate is 12.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gilbrook School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gilbrook 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 6 July 2026.