Birkenhead High School Academy, Prenton

In 2026, pupils at Birkenhead High School Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in Wirral and 47 across England.

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Wirral and 47% in England.

That is down from 50.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.43: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 43.9, against 50.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 163 families put Birkenhead High School Academy as their first choice and 547 named it as one of their preferences, for 116 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 52 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Birkenhead High School Academy are St Anselm's College (0.2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 63.1); Birkenhead Park School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39.1); Ridgeway High School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.7); and Woodchurch High School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.5).

Birkenhead High School Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Birkenhead High School Academy is one of 2 schools run by Gdst Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 129 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 17% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 65 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 49% went on to university or other higher education, 11% to apprenticeships and 35% into work. 18% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Birkenhead Park Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kingsmead Road (opposite), 240 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 413 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wirral (155), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Birkenhead High School Academy issued 18 suspensions, 1.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Birkenhead High School Academy are Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School (0.7 miles), Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School (0.8 miles), Bidston Avenue Primary School (0.8 miles) and Woodchurch Road Academy (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.