# Birkenhead Park School — Birkenhead, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/birkenhead/birkenhead-park-school-12146 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 1.8/5 from 10 published reviews - **Principal:** Helen Johnson ## Contact - **Address:** Birkenhead, United Kingdom - **Phone:** 0151 652 1574 - **Website:** http://www.birkenheadparkschool.com/ - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/birkenhead/birkenhead-park-school-12146 ## About The Birkenhead Park School holds very high expectations of our students and have traditional and rigorous approaches to uniform, behaviour and discipline. The support we offer our students is both compassionate and tenacious, and our specialist team of staff in our Student Services Centre are skilled in supporting students to be successful. We believe that our students deserve every opportunity to enrich their lives and broaden their horizons through extra-curricular activities and visits both at home and overseas. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Good — Nov 2023 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Nov 2023 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Requires Improvement — Nov 2023 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Nov 2023 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Requires Improvement — Nov 2023 ## Recent parent reviews - **1/5** — this school is HORRIBLE in general.: I’m a student at this school for three years. I’ve been racially harassed for my ethnic background, bullied and assaulted by a boy in outdoor court. I’ve been told to ‘change’ because I was wearing flared leggings because my skirt was in the wash and I didn’t have any trousers.. I was also reprimanded for painting my nails.. they were just French tips. I saw another student got yelled at because they had acrylic nails (hard plastic cured to the nail bed) and they had to RIP the nails off. Their … *(Jul 2025)* - **1/5** — DO NOT COME TO THIS SCHOOL.: My daughter has been going to this school for two years with NO bad attendance. She has 100% attendance on her school charter — but this school is HORRIBLE when it comes to bullying, harassment and have been ABSOLUTELY STRICT at implying their dress code rules to every student and those stupid Yondr pouches for phones — even if the students don’t have their phones they still have to bring it in and have to pay a fee of £25 for losing it?! And now every girl has to wear skirts?! UNBELIEVABLE! Wha… *(Jul 2025)* - **1/5** — A pure prison/concentration camp: This school is terrible, First of all they do not care if your child is being bullied and they make the rules strict, No makeup allowed no gel nails no acrylic nails and no unnatural hair colors and also no trainers allowed unless if its for PE i get it if dying your all of your hair a hot pink color or blue color is distracting because it isn't a normal thing to see in school but gel nails and makeup? now i would not let my child go in with eyeshadow and black lipstick not even lipstick but why… *(Apr 2025)* - **1/5** — Big mistake: Please don't waste your time sending your little precious 1s, teachers are a mess and so is the headteacher.. *(Oct 2023)* - **3/5** — Review: I have been going to this school for 3 years now, the staff are fun and friendly but with the amount of time they spend off we have little learning. The rules that have been put in place by the new headmaster are quite terrible and shouldn’t of been put in place. Overall most of the staff are great. Although all this, the leaders are not that helpful as they do not really help with issues like bullying. The school also needs to train some staff better as my clsss in particular is loud and can no… *(Jun 2023)* - **5/5** — Excellent School Experience: We've had a fantastic experience at Birkenhead Park School so far. Our child has settled in really well to their Year 7 Base and the facilities are great. The values of Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness are really evident in the way the school approaches teaching and supporting the children. We're really happy with the school's approach to education. *(Sep 2022)* - **5/5** — Great School, but Some Challenges: We've been happy with the education our child has received at Birkenhead Park School, but we've had some challenges with the school's approach to pastoral care. The school values of Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness are really evident in the way the school approaches teaching and supporting the children, but I felt that our child could have benefited from more support in Year 10. Overall, though, we're happy with the school and would recommend it to others. *(May 2022)* - **5/5** — Outstanding School: We've been really impressed with Birkenhead Park School since our child started. The school's commitment to providing a broad and varied curriculum is excellent and the staff are all so passionate about teaching. We've also been impressed with the range of extra-curricular activities on offer, including the free music tuition. *(Nov 2021)* - **2/5** — My school is terrible: For the past 2 years I have been getting bullied by the same group of people. I've told the teachers ,my parents even came in to complain but nothings changed. No punishment done or anything. It makes me not want to come to school. Also the teachers say they're there for you but they ARE NOT. *(Jan 2021)* - **4/5** — Good School, Some Room for Improvement: We moved our child from Birkenhead Park School a couple of years ago, but I still keep an eye on the school and its progress. The school has some great facilities and the staff are generally very supportive. However, I felt that the school could do more to engage with parents and keep us informed about what's going on. Maybe that's improved since we left? *(Mar 2020)* ## Other schools in Birkenhead - [Prenton High School for Girls](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/birkenhead/prenton-high-school-for-girls-12742) — 1.8/5 (12 reviews) - [Well Lane Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/birkenhead/well-lane-primary-school-24281) — 1.7/5 (6 reviews) - [Co-op Academy Portland](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/birkenhead/co-op-academy-portland-18833) — 4.8/5 (4 reviews) - [Rock Ferry Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/birkenhead/rock-ferry-primary-school-23084) — 4.8/5 (4 reviews) - [IMPACT Northwest Schools](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/birkenhead/impact-northwest-schools-22674) — 4.6/5 (3 reviews) - [Bidston Avenue Primary School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/birkenhead/bidston-avenue-primary-school-24107) — 4.6/5 (3 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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