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IMPACT Northwest Schools

Special · ages 11-16MixedIndependent72 pupilsBirkenheadWirral
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Strong pass in English and maths0%England 46%
Places22 spare72 pupils, 94 places
Pupils on roll72Census January 2024

IMPACT Northwest Schools is an independent special school in Birkenhead for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 72 pupils and room for 94.

Unit 1-4 Tower House, Tower Road, Birkenhead, CH41 1FF0756 806 0086impactnorthwestschools.org.ukMrs Jayne Jones headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

GCSE results, summer 2025

13 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.

Average GCSE score10.0
England 46.8
Official name: Attainment 8
Strong pass in English and maths0%
England 46%
Official name: Grade 5+ in English and maths
Standard pass in English and maths15%
England 66%
Official name: Grade 4+ in English and maths
All GCSE measures, year by year
Measure20252024WirralEngland
Pupils at the end of Year 11136
Average GCSE scoreAttainment 810.047.446.8
Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths0%47%46%
Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths15%65%66%
Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score0.544.164.15
Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry0%41%41%

Subjects

Results came out for 2 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.

What is taught here

The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.

Every subject against England, 2025
10%England 54%
SubjectEntriesGrades 9 to 7Grades 9 to 5Grades 9 to 4England 9 to 5Rank in England
English Language100%10%30%54%
Mathematics90%0%22%53%

In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At GCSE, 2025

Average GCSE scoreBoys vs girls
12.47.2
Gap 5.2England 3.0
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Wirral council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll72Census January 2024
Places9477% full
Pupils from low-income familiesGet free school meals
Pupils getting extra support35%25 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan65%47 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls44 / 28
How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024
Pupils on roll722729
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support41%66%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans59%35%

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m31612 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate402 per 1,000 people342% higher than the England average
Typical house price£218,000Wirral
Nearest bus stop80 mFreeman Street, 12 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Cathcart Street Primary SchoolCouncil500 m213Requires improvement 20242Compare
Wirral Metropolitan CollegeFurther education530 mNot inspectedCompare
Progress Schools - Hamilton SquareIndependent700 m35Not inspectedCompare
The Priory Parish CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England770 m179No overall grade 202519Compare
Progress Schools - WirralIndependent0.6 miles14Not inspectedCompare
Woodlands Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles314Good 202226Compare
Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.9 miles436Good 20227Compare
Kilgarth SchoolCouncil0.9 miles63Not inspectedCompare

Questions parents ask

Is IMPACT Northwest Schools a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score IMPACT Northwest Schools yet.

How good are IMPACT Northwest Schools's GCSE results?

In summer 2025, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 10.0, against 46.8 for England.

How many pupils does IMPACT Northwest Schools have?

72 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 94 places, so it is 77% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Unit 1-4 Tower House, Tower Road, Birkenhead, CH41 1FF
Telephone
0756 806 0086
Website
www.impactnorthwestschools.org.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Jayne Jones
Type of school
Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 11-16
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Wirral
Ward
Birkenhead and Tranmere
Constituency
Birkenhead
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
30 May 2023 (new provision)
URN
149573 · LAESTAB 3446013

Recent changes

  • New KS4 results for 2024/25

Where these figures come from