Birkenhead Park School

URN 136411·Secondary·Academy sponsor led·Bepart Educational Trust·Compare

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Requires improvement — Quality of education
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Nov 2023Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£10,953.08

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

56.3%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

27.1%

of income

In-year balance

+13.1%

of income

Key indicators

Requires improvement — Quality of education

Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

14 November 2023 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 4

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour & attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership & management

Good
SafeguardingEffective

Performance snapshot

Progress 8Measures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average.
Attainment 8Average score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46.39.9
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.48.6%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)30.4%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.14.5%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

767

Capacity

750 (102%)

Free school meals

65.2%

English additional lang.

16.9%

Ethnicity

White British 78.7%Asian 4.2%Black 4.8%Mixed 2.2%Chinese 0.3%Other 4.0%

Age range: 1116

Workforce

FTE teachersFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

46.8

Pupil:teacher ratioNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

16.4

Mean salary

£44,063

Turnover

Vacancy rate

2.1%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

6.9%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

16.8%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

3.9%

Unauthorised absence

3.0%

2024/25 · 814 pupils

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