St Anselm's College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Prenton, Wirral
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Wirral Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Anselm's College is a secondary school in Prenton, Wirral for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 19 March 2025. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Anselm's College 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 | Not published |
| 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
- In 2026, Year 7 had 155 first-choice applications for 157 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2026, 32 of the 320 Year 7 applications came from families living outside Wirral, and 12 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 57.2 (England 46).
- In 2024/25 the A level average grade was B- (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level above 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
- Manor Hill, Prenton, CH43 1UQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 1,002 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 19 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “They enjoy coming to school because they appreciate being part of a close-knit, friendly community.”
- “Pupils benefit from strong relationships with their teachers.”
To improve
- “However, in a minority of subjects, the delivery of the curriculum is less effective.”
- “This is because some teachers do not choose the most suitable methods to help pupils understand key knowledge.”
- “As a result, some pupils are not able to learn these subjects with the depth and precision that they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2025 (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) | 76% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 155 first-preference applications, 157 offers in total, 155 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.
- Birkenhead Park School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Ridgeway High School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Weatherhead High School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Prenton High School for Girls 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Mosslands School 2.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Upton Hall School FCJ 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Oldershaw School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published