Pensby High School

Pensby High School is a co-educational secondary school in Pensby, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England.

Pensby High School
Location
Irby Road Pensby , Merseyside , CH61 6XN England
Coordinates	53.3433°N 3.1124°W / 53.3433; -3.1124
Information
Type	Community school
Motto	Care Respect Inspire
Established	1950; 75 years ago (1950)
Local authority	Wirral Borough Council
Department for Education URN	105101 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Kevin Flanagan
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	688 (January 2018)[1]
Capacity	890 (January 2018)[1]
Website	http://www.pensbyhighschool.org/

The school site was originally split between a boys' school and girls' school which was federated, allowing joint staffing/teaching across the two schools whilst the pupils of each school (in years 7 to 11) remained separate. The two schools merged to form one mixed school beginning from the start of the September 2015 term^[2] and removed the sixth form later on.

In July 2024, Pensby High School head teacher Kevin Flanagan sued two parents of children at the school for harassment, as well as reporting them to the police, due to posts they made about him on social media.^[3][4] The lawsuit was eventually settled, while Merseyside Police found "no evidence of any course of conduct taking place which would amount to a criminal offence".^[5] In June 2025 a judge ordered the school to reveal how much it had spent towards the £210,576 legal costs of bringing the lawsuit, with the judge highlighting the need for financial transparency given that the school had issued a letter to parents warning it was struggling to pay rising gas and electricity bills and would have to limit the amount of heating it provided.^[6]

Notable former pupils

• Phillip Blond, political philosopher, theologian and director of the ResPublica think tank
• Graham Branch, a professional footballer with Tranmere Rovers 1991–1998, Burnley 1999–2007
• Steve Cummings, racing cyclist who took silver with GB team in 2004 Athens Olympics
• Jonathan Mellor, long-distance runner 2:09:06 marathon and sixth place in the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Mike Dean, FA premier league referee
• Ian Woan, a professional footballer with Nottingham Forest 1990–2000