South Wirral High School, Wirral

In 2026, pupils at South Wirral High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in Wirral and 47 across England.

27% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Wirral and 47% in England.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.2, against 40.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 164 families put South Wirral High School as their first choice and 329 named it as one of their preferences, for 178 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to South Wirral High School are Wirral Grammar School for Boys (2.9 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 68.2); Wirral Grammar School for Girls (3 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 70.9); Co-op Academy Bebington (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.3); and Neston High School (3.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.2).

South Wirral High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

South Wirral High School is one of 14 schools run by The Challenge Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.3 in 2024/25.

Of the 167 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 78% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 37% to a further education college, 10% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 47 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 28% went on to university or other higher education, 15% to apprenticeships and 36% into work.

36.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 2.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 251 pupils (24.6%) received SEN support and 90 (8.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Eastham Rake Rail Station, about 440 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sutherland Drive (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood South Wirral High School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 48 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Wirral (155).

The primary schools closest to South Wirral High School are Heygarth Primary School (0.3 miles), Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary School (0.4 miles), Brookhurst Primary School (0.6 miles) and Raeburn Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.