Birkenhead High School Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,226 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5
Community special school
Clare Mount Specialist Sports College
- Pupils on roll
- 461of 400 places
- Free school meals
- 59.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 43
- Ofsted
- Report card, 19 May 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement ExceptionalAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing ExceptionalInclusion ExceptionalLeadership and governance ExceptionalPost-16 provision Strong standardSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Of the 40 pupils who finished Year 11 at Clare Mount Specialist Sports College in 2023, 0% stayed on in Clare Mount Specialist Sports College’s own sixth form (Wirral average 38%), 38% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 3% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 9% of the year group, and 7% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
Clare Mount Specialist Sports College is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 19.8, 7% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wirral and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 40 | 3,848 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 38% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 19% | 13% |
| — further education college | 38% | 25% | 37% |
| — other education | 45% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 19.8 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 7% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 19% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 7% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.66 | 3.96 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 61% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 20.2 | 32.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 19.1 | 51.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 6% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 34 | 79% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| Mathematics | 32 | 74% | 88% | 3% | 22% | 34% |
| English Literature | 27 | 63% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 30% |
| Combined Science | 26 | 60% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| History | 15 | 35% | 41% | 0% | 26% | 13% |
| Geography | 15 | 35% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 3D Design | 13 | 30% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 38% |
| Art and Design | 11 | 26% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 9% |
| Physical Education | 10 | 23% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 0% |
| Drama | 8 | 19% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 13% |
| Media Studies | 7 | 16% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 14% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 0% |
| Biology | 5 | 12% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Physics | 5 | 12% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Chemistry | 5 | 12% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| French | 4 | 9% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 7 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Wirral
Birkenhead Park School
Academy sponsor led · 731 pupils
71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.9
Calday Grange Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,493 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 68.1
Co-op Academy Bebington
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,044 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.3
Hilbre High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,154 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.0
Pensby High School
Foundation school · sixth form · 915 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.