Secondary school in Wirral
South Wirral High School
Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 8EH
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1019
- Places
- 1234
- How full
- 83% full — 1019 of 1234 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 494 / 525
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wirral 042D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 22%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 23%
- Households owning their home
- 59%
- Households in social housing
- 26%
- Households with no car
- 27%
- Adults economically inactive
- 43%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE CHALLENGE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Mike Cloherty
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Ward
- Eastham
- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- URN
- 151354
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral Grammar School for BoysAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 65.4 | 2.9 mi |
| Wirral Grammar School for GirlsAcademy converter | Outstanding 2022 | 69.3 | 3 mi |
| Co-op Academy BebingtonAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 37.3 | 3.2 mi |
| Neston High SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 43.4 | 3.3 mi |
| St John Plessington Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 37.2 | 3.5 mi |
| Ellesmere Port Church of England CollegeAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 39 | 3.8 mi |
| Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 36.9 | 3.9 mi |
| The Whitby High SchoolFoundation school | Good 2022 | 38.9 | 4.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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