Pensby High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Wirral
Irby Road, Wirral, CH61 6XN
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
92%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.3%
20.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
915
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
92%
1st preference success rate
177 of 193 families who put it first got an offer
192
Places offered
653
Total applications
3.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 193 | 177 | ● 92% |
| 2nd preference | 197 | 14 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 121 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 142 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 653 | 192 | 29% |
1st preference success by year
Wirral lets families list 5 preferences. 6 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Kevin Flanagan
- Address
- Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 6XN
- Phone
- 01513420570
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Ward / constituency
- Pensby and Thingwall · Wirral West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105101
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 25% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
915 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
23 March 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 943 pupils
Attendance
92.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.28 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 42.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 72.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 14% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.67 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 171 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 26.15 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 15.4% | 17% |
| A-level students | 30 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 171 | 11% | 55% | 78% | |
| English Language | 170 | 9% | 48% | 76% | |
| English Literature | 166 | 7% | 43% | 75% | |
| Combined Science | 130 | 3% | 20% | 53% | |
| Geography | 105 | 11% | 43% | 61% | |
| Art and Design | 74 | 14% | 72% | 86% | |
| History | 64 | 14% | 50% | 70% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 64 | 2% | 36% | 70% | |
| Design & Technology | 50 | 6% | 36% | 56% | |
| Spanish | 36 | 14% | 44% | 67% | |
| Biology | 35 | 14% | 80% | 100% | |
| Physics | 35 | 26% | 83% | 97% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Wirral council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.