Secondary
Pensby High School
Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 6XN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 915 of 900 places
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Sixth form
- Yes
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
43%
44.8
7th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Wirral we can score - 29 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 14% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39% |
| 22/23 | 45% |
| 23/24 | 38% |
| 24/25 | 43% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.19 |
| 22/23 | +0.27 |
| 23/24 | +0.28 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45.2 |
| 22/23 | 44.8 |
| 23/24 | 43.7 |
| 24/25 | 44.8 |
Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 6XN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Wirral admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Kevin Flanagan
- Address
- Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 6XN
- Telephone
- 01513420570