St John Plessington Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · 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 🔒
St John Plessington Catholic College is a secondary school in Wirral for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2022. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
St John Plessington Catholic 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 | 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 6 of the 18 other Wirral secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 2026, 195 first-choice applications for 207 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wirral.
- At A level in 2024/25, the average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was 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
- Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7LF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 1,556 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and sixth-form students at this school access a high-quality education.”
- “Leaders expect them to behave well and succeed academically.”
- “Pupils and students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), get the right support at the right time.”
To improve
- “Despite this, some pupils are not confident that leaders will deal with their concerns.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not use these strategies well enough to address pupils’ misconceptions.”
- “Some teachers do not check that pupils’ knowledge is secure before introducing new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2023 (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) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | 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: 195 first-preference applications, 207 offers in total, 195 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.
- Co-op Academy Bebington 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Wirral Grammar School for Girls 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wirral Grammar School for Boys 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Prenton High School for Girls 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birkenhead Park School 2.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Anselm's College 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ridgeway High School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published