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The Oldershaw School

URN: 136895

Address: Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 4RJ

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 1 April 2025:

Quality of education:

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes:

Inadequate

Personal development:

Requires Improvement

Leadership and management:

Inadequate

Sixth form provision:

Inadequate

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 25 June 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. School inspection: GoodSchool inspection, PDF - 06 May 2022
    PDF – Published

  3. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 18 May 2016
    PDF – Published

  4. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 29 May 2014
    PDF – Published

  5. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 03 March 2014
    PDF – Published

  6. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 06 June 2013
    PDF – Published

  7. Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter, PDF - 18 February 2012
    PDF – Published
  8. Opened
  9. Previously The Oldershaw School Closed

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About The Oldershaw School

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Wirral

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 18
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 825
  • School capacity: 1111

Location

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  • Address: Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 4RJ
  • Region: North West

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