North West
Special 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.
Special 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Mount Specialist Sports CollegeCommunity special school | Leasowe | No grade | — |
| Edstart Schools WirralOther independent special school | Wallasey | No grade | — |
| Elleray Park SchoolCommunity special school | Wallasey | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Foxfield SchoolCommunity special school | Woodchurch | Good 2023 | — |
| Gilbrook SchoolCommunity special school | Wirral | No grade | — |
| Hayfield SchoolCommunity special school | Wirral | Good 2023 | — |
| Horizons Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Birkenhead | No grade | — |
| IMPACT Northwest SchoolsOther independent special school | Birkenhead | No grade | — |
| Kilgarth SchoolCommunity special school | Birkenhead | No grade | — |
| Meadowside SchoolCommunity special school | Wirral | No grade | — |
| Stanley SchoolCommunity special school | Wirral | Good 2023 | — |
| The Observatory SchoolCommunity special school | Prenton | No grade | — |
| UtopiaOther independent special school | Merseyside | No grade | — |
| West Kirby School and CollegeNon-maintained special school | Wirral | Outstanding 2021 | — |
| Wirral WrapOther independent special school | Birkenhead | No grade | — |