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Best secondary schools in Wirral

18 of 21 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Wirral schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 3 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Upton Hall School FCJ Wirral grammar 0.91 Outstanding about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 West Kirby Grammar School Wirral hidden gem grammar 0.42 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Wirral Grammar School for Girls Wirral grammar 0.38 Outstanding about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Wirral Grammar School for Boys Wirral grammar 0.36 Good about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Calday Grange Grammar School Wirral grammar 0.31 Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Pensby High School Wirral hidden gem 0.28 Good declining about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 St Anselm's College Prenton hidden gem grammar 0.03 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Prenton High School for Girls Birkenhead hidden gem 0.02 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Woodchurch High School Wirral -0.09 Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Ridgeway High School Prenton hidden gem -0.16 Good declining undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Weatherhead High School Wallasey -0.27 Good declining about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Co-op Academy Bebington Wirral -0.34 Good oversubscribed 1.19 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 St John Plessington Catholic College Wirral hidden gem -0.35 Good declining about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Hilbre High School Wirral -0.43 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Birkenhead Park School Birkenhead -0.55 Requires improvement about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 The Mosslands School Wallasey -0.83 Requires improvement declining about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Wallasey -0.99 Requires improvement about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 The Oldershaw School Wallasey -1.24 Not judged undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Wirral

3 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Wirral, not a fairer one.

Applying in Wirral

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