Upton Hall School FCJ
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Wirral
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Wirral Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Upton Hall School FCJ is a secondary school in Wirral for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 28 June 2022. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Upton Hall School FCJ 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
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 166 first-choice applications for 156 offers: 153 offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 88% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (2024/25), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wirral.
- 34 of the 306 applications (11%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Wirral, and 17 offers went to them.
- 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (January 2026), against a middle figure of 41% across 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
- Upton, Wirral, CH49 6LJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 1,004 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 28 June 2022
Strengths
- “Upton Hall School FCJ is a school where pupils are inspired to succeed in all that they do.”
- “Leaders and staff have created an environment where pupils and students thrive.”
- “Leaders have the highest expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 September 2022 (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) | 88% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 65.6 | 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: 166 first-preference applications, 156 offers in total, 153 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.
- Ridgeway High School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anselm's College 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Birkenhead Park School 2.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Hilbre High School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Weatherhead High School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mosslands School 2.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Calday Grange Grammar School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published