The Oldershaw School
Secondary · Academy converter · 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 Oldershaw School is a secondary school in Wallasey, Wirral for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Oldershaw 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, and 6 of the 18 other Wirral secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome did the same.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 2 earlier Year 7 years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 82 first-choice applications for 102 offers: 0.8 first choices per offer, the lowest of 19 Wirral secondary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 12% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wirral.
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
- Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, CH45 4RJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 774 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 62.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Some pupils enjoy experiencing the wider world through the school’s trips to France or to coastal resorts.”
- “The school has taken some early steps to improve its curriculum.”
- “In many subjects, the essential knowledge that pupils should learn has been identified.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ behaviour on the corridors is often boisterous and chaotic.”
- “Many pupils struggle to conduct themselves in an appropriate and respectful manner.”
- “Too often, this poor behaviour goes unchallenged by adults.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 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) | 12% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 28 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | E+ | 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: 82 first-preference applications, 102 offers in total, 82 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 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Weatherhead High School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mosslands School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Birkenhead Park School 2.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Anselm's College 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ridgeway High School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Upton Hall School FCJ 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published