Birkenhead Park School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Birkenhead, 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 🔒
Birkenhead Park School is a secondary school in Birkenhead, Wirral for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 14 November 2023. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Birkenhead Park 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
- 2024/25: 30% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wirral.
- Year 7 in 2026 drew 132 first-choice applications for 152 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 20 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 69.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wirral is 42.9%.
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
- Park Road South, Birkenhead, CH43 4UY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 731 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 69.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 14 November 2023
Strengths
- “Over recent years, pupils' experiences at this school have improved dramatically.”
- “Pupils, regardless of their background, learn in an environment where staff care deeply for them.”
- “This care is combined with extremely high expectations.”
To improve
- “Some pupils have gaps in their knowledge of reading, writing and mathematics.”
- “Pupils' understanding of these topics is sometimes not as detailed as leaders intend.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.9 | 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: 132 first-preference applications, 152 offers in total, 132 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 Anselm's College 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ridgeway High School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Prenton High School for Girls 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Weatherhead High School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mosslands School 2.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Oldershaw School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Upton Hall School FCJ 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published