How many private schools are there in Wirral?

9 independent schools are registered in Wirral with the Department for Education: 4 mainstream and 5 special schools.

Are there single-sex private schools in Wirral?

No: every independent school registered in Wirral is mixed.

Which private schools in Wirral take pupils to 18?

2 of them have a registered upper age of 18 or over. The table on this page shows each school's age range.

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Private schools in Wirral

9 fee-paying schools are registered in Wirral: 4 mainstream and 5 special. 2 take pupils to 18. Everything below is the Department for Education's register as it stands; fees, entrance tests and inspection reports live on each school's own site.

9independent schools

4mainstream

5special schools

1,236pupils on roll, where reported

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Mainstream independent schools

School	Ages	Pupils	Faith	On roll	How full
Avalon School Wirral, CH48 2HE	2 to 11	Mixed	Non-faith	104	47%
Birkenhead School Prenton, CH43 2JD	0 to 19	Mixed	Non-faith	892	85%
Progress Schools - Hamilton Square	11 to 16	Mixed	Non-faith	35	58%
Progress Schools - Wirral	11 to 16	Mixed	Non-faith	14	40%

Independent special schools

School	Ages	Pupils	Faith	On roll	How full
Edstart Schools Wirral Wallasey, CH44 5TH	11 to 16	Mixed	Non-faith	50	83%
Horizons Independent School Birkenhead, CH42 8NU	11 to 16	Mixed	Non-faith	24	69%
IMPACT Northwest Schools Birkenhead, CH41 1FF	11 to 16	Mixed	Non-faith	72	77%
Utopia Merseyside, CH42 1NW	13 to 19	Mixed	Non-faith	20	62%
Wirral Wrap Birkenhead, CH43 9LB	11 to 16	Mixed	Non-faith	25	78%

What this list is, and is not

Source: the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register, which every school in England must keep current, refreshed here with each import. "How full" is pupils on roll against the school's stated capacity, where both are reported. The register carries no fees, no entrance requirements and no inspection grades for independent schools: those are on each school's own site and the Independent Schools Inspectorate's. A school missing here is not registered in Wirral, which for a school on a boundary can mean it is listed under the neighbouring council.

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