North West
Independent schools in Wirral
134 schools, 50,355 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 37.4.
Ofsted across Wirral
Good61
Outstanding9
Requires improvement8
Inadequate2
No overall grade54
80 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 54 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Wirral
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon SchoolOther independent school | Wirral | No grade | — |
| Birkenhead SchoolOther independent school | Prenton | No grade | — |
| Progress Schools - Hamilton SquareOther independent school | Wirral | No grade | — |
| Progress Schools - WirralOther independent school | Wirral | No grade | — |