Co-op Academy Oldershaw
Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, CH45 4RJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Ms Rachel Sagar
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Co-operative Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,111
- Pupils on roll
- 774
- URN
- 136895
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516382800
About this school
Co-op Academy Oldershaw is a secondary academy in Wallasey. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 774 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
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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Sixth form
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 167 | 164 | 156 |
| Attainment 8 score | 28.7 | 27.9 | 28.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.01 -1.23 to -0.79 | -1.24 -1.46 to -1.02 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% | 12.8% | 12.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38% | 31.1% | 28.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 57% | 18.9% | 0.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
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 Co-op Academy Oldershaw 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 | 28.7 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 27.9 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 28 | 37.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 17.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 15.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 934 |
| 2023/24 | 905 |
| 2024/25 | 825 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Co-op Academy Oldershaw compares
Co-op Academy Oldershaw ranked 19th of 19 secondary schools in Wirral for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 28 | 15.9% | 63.1% | 774 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 33.2 | 12.9% | 48.1% | 1,073 | 0.6 miles |
| Weatherhead High School | 41.9 | 11.2% | 39.6% | 1,500 | 0.6 miles |
| The Mosslands School | 35.2 | 11.6% | 42.3% | 848 | 0.7 miles |
| Birkenhead Park School | 39.9 | 6.9% | 66.1% | 731 | 2.2 miles |
| St Anselm's College | 57.2 | 5.3% | 14% | 1,002 | 2.3 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)
- 63.13%
- English as an additional language
- 2.5%
- Overall absence
- 15.91%
- Persistent absence
- 43.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Wallasey
-
Weatherhead High School0.6 miles
Secondary · Wallasey
-
The Mosslands School0.7 miles
Secondary · Wallasey
-
Birkenhead Park School2.2 miles
Secondary · Birkenhead
-
St Anselm's College2.3 miles
Secondary · Prenton
Other schools in Wallasey
- St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- The Mosslands 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
Recorded changes at this school
Previous principal: Mr Steve Fisher (until August 2026).
- School name changed from Co-Op Academy Oldershaw to Co-op Academy Oldershaw recorded 1 Oct 2026
- School name changed from The Oldershaw School to Co-Op Academy Oldershaw recorded 30 Sep 2026
- Headteacher changed from Mr Steve Fisher to Ms Rachel Sagar recorded 11 Aug 2026
Common questions
- What year groups does Co-op Academy Oldershaw teach?
- Co-op Academy Oldershaw teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Wallasey.
- Who is the principal of Co-op Academy Oldershaw?
- The principal of Co-op Academy Oldershaw is Ms Rachel Sagar, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Co-op Academy Oldershaw last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Co-op Academy Oldershaw, 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 Co-op Academy Oldershaw?
- Co-op Academy Oldershaw has 774 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Co-op Academy Oldershaw full?
- Co-op Academy Oldershaw has capacity for 1,111 pupils and 774 on roll (70%), 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 Co-op Academy Oldershaw a faith school?
- No. Co-op Academy Oldershaw has no designated religious character.
- Is Co-op Academy Oldershaw a selective school?
- No. Co-op Academy Oldershaw is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Co-op Academy Oldershaw?
- Co-op Academy Oldershaw is part of THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Co-op Academy Oldershaw have?
- The schools register lists Co-op Academy Oldershaw's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Co-op Academy Oldershaw's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 28.7 in 2022/23 and 28 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Co-op Academy Oldershaw rank locally?
- Co-op Academy Oldershaw ranked 19th of 19 secondary schools in Wirral for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Co-op Academy Oldershaw's absence rate?
- Co-op Academy Oldershaw's overall absence rate is 15.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Co-op Academy Oldershaw's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Co-op Academy Oldershaw'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 1 October 2026.