Weatherhead High School
Breck Rd, Wallasey, CH44 3HS
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- PENINSULA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Dominic Mackenzie
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Weatherhead High School
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,669
- Pupils on roll
- 1,500
- URN
- 137815
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516314400
About this school
Weatherhead High School is a girls' secondary academy in Wallasey. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,500 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Weatherhead High 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 250 | 236 | 253 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.0 | 41.6 | 41.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.15 -0.32 to +0.03 | -0.27 -0.46 to -0.09 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 27.1% | 28.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 51.7% | 53% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 64% | 59.7% | 53.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
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 Weatherhead 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 | 43 | 39.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.6 | 37.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.9 | 37.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,568 |
| 2023/24 | 1,523 |
| 2024/25 | 1,523 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Weatherhead High School compares
Weatherhead High School ranked 9th of 19 secondary schools in Wirral for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 45% 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 | 41.9 | 11.2% | 39.6% | 1,500 | — |
| The Mosslands School | 35.2 | 11.6% | 42.3% | 848 | 0.5 miles |
| The Oldershaw School | 28 | 15.9% | 63.1% | 774 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 33.2 | 12.9% | 48.1% | 1,073 | 0.7 miles |
| St Anselm's College | 57.2 | 5.3% | 14% | 1,002 | 1.7 miles |
| Birkenhead Park School | 39.9 | 6.9% | 66.1% | 731 | 1.7 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)
- 39.58%
- English as an additional language
- 5.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.23%
- Persistent absence
- 31.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Mosslands School0.5 miles
Secondary · Wallasey
-
The Oldershaw School0.6 miles
Secondary · Wallasey
-
St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Secondary · Wallasey
-
St Anselm's College1.7 miles
Secondary · Prenton
-
Birkenhead Park School1.7 miles
Secondary · Birkenhead
Other schools in Wallasey
- St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- The Mosslands School Secondary
- The Oldershaw 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
Common questions
- What ages does Weatherhead High School teach?
- Weatherhead High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Wallasey.
- Who is the headteacher of Weatherhead High School?
- The headteacher of Weatherhead High School is Mr Dominic Mackenzie, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Weatherhead High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Weatherhead High 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 Weatherhead High School?
- Weatherhead High School has 1,500 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Weatherhead High School full?
- Weatherhead High School has capacity for 1,669 pupils and 1,500 on roll (90%), 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 Weatherhead High School a faith school?
- No. Weatherhead High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Weatherhead High School a selective school?
- No. Weatherhead High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Weatherhead High School part of an academy trust?
- Weatherhead High School is part of PENINSULA MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Weatherhead High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43 in 2022/23 and 41.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Weatherhead High School compare with other schools in Wirral?
- Weatherhead High School ranked 9th of 19 secondary schools in Wirral for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 45% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Weatherhead High School's absence rate?
- Weatherhead High School's overall absence rate is 11.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Weatherhead High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Weatherhead 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 1 July 2026.