Utopia
Utopia is an independent special school in Merseyside for boys and girls aged 13 to 19. It has 20 pupils and room for 32.
The Vikes, 40 Thorsway, Rock Ferry, Merseyside, CH42 1NW0151 644 1535utopiaschools.co.ukMr Christopher Black headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
4 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 20 | 20 | 9 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Ferry Primary School | Academy | 100 m | 301 | Good 2020 | 2 | Compare |
| Well Lane Primary School | Academy | 510 m | 187 | Inadequate 2023 | – | Compare |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 900 m | 247 | Not inspected | 32 | Compare |
| Mersey Park Primary School | Council | 950 m | 452 | Not inspected | 73 | Compare |
| Bedford Drive Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 406 | Good 2022 | 13 | Compare |
| Prenton High School for Girls | Academy | 0.7 miles | 770 | Good 2022 | 29 | Compare |
| Devonshire Park Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 413 | Not inspected | 10 | Compare |
| St John's Catholic Junior School | Roman Catholic | 1.0 miles | 239 | Good 2023 | 13 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Utopia a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Utopia yet.
How many pupils does Utopia have?
20 pupils aged 13 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 32 places, so it is 63% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- The Vikes, 40 Thorsway, Rock Ferry, Merseyside, CH42 1NW
- Telephone
- 0151 644 1535
- Website
- www.utopiaschools.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Black
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 13-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Ward
- Rock Ferry
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 26 July 2023 (new provision)
- URN
- 149600 · LAESTAB 3446018
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.