Wirral Hospitals' School
Special / other · Wirral · CH41 0EZ
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 17 April 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
2 pupils · 2% of 80 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Age range
- 11–17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 50% of pupils (January 2026)
- Website
- www.wirralhs.co.uk
- URN
- 151260
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 17 April 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. It had 2 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 100% (Wirral 100%, England 73%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,747; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 28.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 20.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 18.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 45.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 68.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 9.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 22.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 5.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 29.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 17% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 25.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007156 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £150,000392 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £113,500–£201,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 21an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 10an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted