Pensby High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Wirral
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.935 miles
Published by Wirral Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Pensby High School is a secondary school in Wirral for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 March 2023. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Pensby High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 5.935 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 5.935 miles away, the 5th longest of 10 Wirral secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That Year 7 distance was further than in 2025, about the same as in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 165 first-choice applications for 173 offers; 159 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44.8 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wirral schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 6XN
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 915 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Pensby High School wear their uniforms with pride.”
- “The school values of ‘care, respect and inspire’ permeate all that they do.”
- “Pupils were unanimous in their view that everyone is accepted for who they are at this school.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, these assessment systems are less helpful for staff when determining how well pupils have learned important knowledge within a topic.”
- “This means that, on occasion, some teachers move on to new learning before pupils are ready.”
- “While most pupils attend school regularly, a small proportion of pupils do not attend as often as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 165 first-preference applications, 173 offers in total, 159 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wirral.
- Calday Grange Grammar School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Upton Hall School FCJ 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hilbre High School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ridgeway High School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- West Kirby Grammar School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Prenton High School for Girls 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wirral Grammar School for Girls 4.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published