Secondary
The Oldershaw School
Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, CH45 4RJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 774 of 1111 places
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- THE OLDERSHAW SCHOOL
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationInadequate
- Sixth formInadequate
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
12%
28.0
4th of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Wallasey we can score - 5 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 28 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.25 |
| Entered the EBacc | 1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 29% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 12% |
| A level average points per entry | 13.64 |
| A level students | 17 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 21% |
| 22/23 | 18% |
| 23/24 | 13% |
| 24/25 | 12% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 19.8 |
| 22/23 | 17.0 |
| 23/24 | 22.1 |
| 24/25 | 13.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.85 |
| 22/23 | -1.01 |
| 23/24 | -1.24 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.8 |
| 22/23 | 28.7 |
| 23/24 | 27.9 |
| 24/25 | 28.0 |
Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, CH45 4RJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Wirral admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Rachel Sagar
- Address
- Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, CH45 4RJ
- Telephone
- 01516382800