Prenton High School for Girls

Prenton High School for Girls
Established	20th century
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Mrs Ayling
Chair	Mr Roper
Location	Hesketh Avenue Birkenhead WIRRAL CH42 6RR England Coordinates: 53°22′08″N 3°01′32″W / 53.368968°N 03.025518°W / 53.368968; -03.025518
DfE number	344/4010
DfE URN	137130 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	750
Gender	Girls
Ages	11–16
Houses	Bedford, Hesketh, Riviera
Publication	High Life
Website	Prenton High School homepage

Prenton High School for Girls is an academy school for girls between the ages of 11 and 16 in Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Wirral, England.

Overview

This school is smaller than average and serves approximately 750 female students in an area of significant social and economic disadvantage. About one-third of students are selected for grammar school education. The school became a specialist college for science, maths and the visual arts in July 2007. ^[1] The school converted to academy status in August 2011.

The school is divided into three houses, each defined by its own colour: Bedford (green), Hesketh (yellow) and Riviera (red).^[2]

Performance

In October 2007 and 2010/2011 the school was described as "an outstanding school" and received ratings of good or excellent in all areas rated by the Ofsted inspection team.^[1]

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Schools in Wirral

Primary schools	Birkenhead High School Academy New Brighton Primary School

Non-selective secondary schools	Bebington High Sports College Birkenhead High School Academy Birkenhead Park School Hilbre High School The Kingsway Academy The Mosslands School The Oldershaw Academy Pensby High School Prenton High School for Girls Ridgeway High School St John Plessington Catholic College St Mary's College South Wirral High School Weatherhead High School Woodchurch High School

Grammar schools	Calday Grange Grammar School St Anselm's College Upton Hall School FCJ West Kirby Grammar School Wirral Grammar School for Boys Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Independent schools	Birkenhead School Kingsmead School Redcourt St Anselm's

FE & sixth form colleges	Birkenhead Sixth Form College Wirral Metropolitan College

Closed schools	Rock Ferry High School Wellington School

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