Birkdale High School is an all-boys secondary school with academy status situated in Southport in North West England.

The school does not have a sixth form and only takes boys from ages 11–16.

[3] In 2011 the school was judged Inadequate and placed into Special Measures.

[4] In 2013 Ofsted carried out a full inspection and gave the school a Good rating.

[5] In 2010, a former teaching assistant was charged with having sex with 2 16-year-old students whom she invited into her house in Hightown, in Merseyside and had Intercourse with.