Prenton High School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Wirral
Hesketh Avenue, Birkenhead, CH42 6RR
59
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
96%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
85.0%
41.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
770
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
790 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
96%
1st preference success rate
143 of 149 families who put it first got an offer
153
Places offered
366
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 149 | 143 | ● 96% |
| 2nd preference | 113 | 8 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 66 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 38 | 1 | ● 3% |
| Total | 366 | 153 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
Wirral lets families list 5 preferences. 6 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lisa Ayling
- Address
- Hesketh Avenue, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 6RR
- Phone
- 01516448113
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Ward / constituency
- Rock Ferry · Birkenhead
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137130
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 47% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: PRENTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
770 pupils · 790 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
30 November 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 808 pupils
Attendance
85.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
15.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
41.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
10.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.8%
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 | 41.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.02 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 34% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.50 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 33.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 55.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 42.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.32 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 154 | — |
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.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 149 | 11% | 49% | 71% | |
| Mathematics | 148 | 7% | 39% | 61% | |
| English Literature | 135 | 16% | 54% | 73% | |
| Combined Science | 113 | 1% | 24% | 44% | |
| Art and Design | 110 | 31% | 76% | 93% | |
| History | 75 | 16% | 51% | 63% | |
| Spanish | 64 | 2% | 25% | 45% | |
| Geography | 55 | 7% | 27% | 53% | |
| Social Studies | 34 | 15% | 50% | 65% | |
| Biology | 27 | 4% | 56% | 81% | |
| Physics | 26 | 0% | 31% | 62% | |
| Chemistry | 26 | 4% | 54% | 77% |
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.