Reports & Reviews

Sunday Times Schools Guide 2025 - Independent Secondary School of the Year North West

ISI Report

Birkenhead School is inspected regularly by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) to ensure that the highest standards of education are being achieved and maintained.

Birkenhead School was visited in December 2021 and January 2022 and a copy of the report can be accessed via the link below:

Key Findings

Excellent ratings achieved in the Educational Quality Inspection (EQI):

  •  Both areas awarded ‘excellent’:
  • The quality of the pupils’ academic and other achievements is excellent (the highest judgement)
  • The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent

Focused Compliance: Fully Compliant

Birkenhead School meets the standards required by the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, and the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Outstanding ratings for The Quality and Standards of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS):

  • All areas graded ‘outstanding’:
  • The overall effectiveness of the early years provision is outstanding
  • The quality of education is outstanding
  • Behaviours and attitudes are outstanding
  • The personal development of children is outstanding
  • Leadership and Management are outstanding

Good School Guide

The Good Schools Guide is a trusted guide to schools in the UK and offers an independent viewpoint on a School.

The Guide selects which schools to review and Birkenhead School was delighted to welcome the Good Schools Guide to the School in the summer of 2022.

Separate guides were written for Seniors and Prep which can be viewed below.

Good Schools Guide Seniors

Good Schools Guide Prep

"Pupils are highly self-disciplined, and their personal development is characterised by excellent standards of behaviour and respect, both for each other and for staff." ISI Inspection (December 2021)
“Value added is the name of the game, so pupils almost always do better than expected. Teachers go above and beyond.” Good Schools Guide (2022)

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