Weatherhead High School, Wallasey

In 2026, pupils at Weatherhead High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in Wirral and 47 across England.

38% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Wirral and 47% in England.

That is up from 41.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.27: pupils made below 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 37.1, against 49.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 271 families put Weatherhead High School as their first choice and 423 named it as one of their preferences, for 259 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 17 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Weatherhead High School are The Mosslands School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 34.5); Co-op Academy Oldershaw (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 29); St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 34); and St Anselm's College (1.7 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 63.1).

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

Weatherhead High School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 236 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 19% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 173 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 53% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 22% into work. 6% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 166 pupils (11.1%) received SEN support and 35 (2.3%) 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 Birkenhead North Rail Station, about 1100 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Palmerston Road (opposite), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 266 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wirral (155), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Weatherhead High School issued 32 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Weatherhead High School are Park Primary School (0.4 miles); St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.6 miles); St George's Primary School (0.6 miles); and Holy Cross Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.