The Mosslands School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Wallasey, Wirral
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wirral Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Mosslands School is a secondary school in Wallasey, Wirral for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 28 February 2024. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Mosslands 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 6 of the 18 other Wirral secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 133 first-choice applications for 138 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 20% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wirral.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was D (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
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
- Mosslands Drive, Wallasey, CH45 8PJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 848 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy at The Mosslands School.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are positive.”
- “Pupils benefit from strong pastoral support.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “Nonetheless, in some subjects, it is too soon to see the impact of improvements to the curriculum on pupils’ achievement.”
- “However, a small number of pupils receive suspensions due to lapses in their behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2024 (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) | 20% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D | B- |
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: 133 first-preference applications, 138 offers in total, 133 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.
- St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Weatherhead High School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Oldershaw School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anselm's College 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Birkenhead Park School 2.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Ridgeway High School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Upton Hall School FCJ 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published