Progress Schools - Wirral, Birkenhead and Tranmere
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
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Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Progress Schools - Wirral specialises in helping pupils who have struggled elsewhere by building trusting relationships and providing personalised support from day one. The school successfully reengages disengaged learners through a broad curriculum and high behaviour standards, with most pupils reintegrating successfully into mainstream schools. Your child will benefit from a calm learning environment, caring staff, and regular enrichment activities including trips and community involvement.
Key Strengths
- Forms trusting relationships with pupils and provides highly personalised support for their emotional and educational needs
- Has designed a broad, balanced curriculum that effectively reengages disengaged pupils and supports successful reintegration into mainstream schools
- Promotes a love of reading through an effective English curriculum and provides appropriate additional support for struggling readers
- Maintains high standards for behaviour with calm, purposeful learning environments and deals swiftly with bullying
- Offers regular enrichment opportunities including trips, reward trips, and charitable initiatives
Areas for Improvement
- Staff do not consistently adapt learning activities and resources well enough for pupils with SEND, sometimes hindering their learning
- Assessment checks are not used consistently well, meaning some pupils' errors go unchecked and knowledge gaps are not addressed quickly
- School oversight of how well some subject curriculums are implemented is not robust enough, leading to delays in addressing delivery issues
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with proper systems in place for staff suitability checks and premises maintenance.
Extracurricular Activities
Nature trips, museum visits, reward trips, table tennis, chess, charitable initiatives
Progress Schools - Wirral is a good independent school that provides short-term education for key stage 3 pupils who have struggled with or been excluded from mainstream education. The school successfully reengages these pupils and prepares them for return to mainstream or specialist settings.
At a Glance
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Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
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Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
40%
Available places
14 pupils
35 capacity
21 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Birkenhead and Tranmere
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Birkenhead and Tranmere
Admissions Demand - Wirral
Places available
3,974
Applications
3,417
Got 1st preference
95.1%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Secondary admissions across Wirral (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Progress Schools - Wirral
St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
The Priory Parish CofE Primary School
Cathcart Street Primary School
Woodlands Primary School
Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School
Woodchurch Road Academy
Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School
Mersey Park Primary School
Prenton Preparatory School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead
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