Wirral Hospitals' School
Wirral Hospitals' School is an academy alternative provision converter in Wirral for boys and girls aged 11 to 17. It has 2 pupils and room for 80. About 50 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2024.
157 Park Road North, Claughton, Wirral, CH41 0EZ0151 488 7680wirralhs.co.ukMr Phill Arrowsmith headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 17 April 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Outstanding overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
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.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (2).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 66.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | England |
|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 33.3% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 31.3% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 77.3% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Wirral Hospitals' School, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkenhead Sixth Form College | Academy 16-19 converter | 260 m | 0 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bidston Avenue Primary School | Academy | 310 m | 446 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Co-op Academy Portland | Academy | 410 m | 227 | No overall grade 2025 | 18 | Compare |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 910 m | 185 | Good 2022 | 44 | Compare |
| St Anselm's College | Academy (grammar) | 930 m | 1,002 | Not inspected | 85 | Compare |
| Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 0.6 miles | 436 | Good 2022 | 7 | Compare |
| Kilgarth School | Council | 0.6 miles | 63 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Birkenhead High School Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,226 | Good 2023 | 77 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Wirral Hospitals' School a good school?
Wirral Hospitals' School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in April 2024.
What is Wirral Hospitals' School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Wirral Hospitals' School outstanding at its last full inspection on 17 April 2024.
How many pupils does Wirral Hospitals' School have?
2 pupils aged 11 to 17 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 80 places, so it is 3% full.
What is attendance like at Wirral Hospitals' School?
Pupils were in school 66.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 77% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 157 Park Road North, Claughton, Wirral, CH41 0EZ
- Telephone
- 0151 488 7680
- Website
- www.wirralhs.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Phill Arrowsmith
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- The Skylark Trust (3 schools)
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Ward
- Claughton
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151260 · LAESTAB 3447019 · UKPRN 10096405
- Formerly
- Wirral Hospitals' School
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- 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.