Hilbre High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Wirral
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.972 miles
Published by Wirral Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hilbre High School is a secondary school in Wirral for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Hilbre High 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 | 3.972 mi |
| 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 the Year 7 last distance offered was 3.972 miles, 5th shortest of 10 Wirral secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 5.93 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 181 first-choice applications for 178 offers; 166 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 25% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was D+ (England B-).
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
- Frankby Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6EQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 1,154 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “The school supports pupils well.”
- “Relationships between pupils and teachers are typically positive.”
- “Pupils have trusted staff that they talk to.”
To improve
- “However, the behaviour policy is not consistently implemented.”
- “Some pupils do not conduct themselves as positively as leaders expect.”
- “However, their knowledge of some aspects that prepare them for life in modern Britain is not as secure.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 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) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39 | 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: 181 first-preference applications, 178 offers in total, 166 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.
- Calday Grange Grammar School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- West Kirby Grammar School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Upton Hall School FCJ 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Pensby High School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ridgeway High School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anselm's College 4.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Mosslands School 4.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published