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Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Wirral, CH63 3AF · Wirral · Grammar school

Ofsted: Outstanding · 2023 Inspected 3 years ago ★ Selective Girls Secondary
9.1/10 Well above average

2nd of 19 secondary schools in Wirral we can score, 20 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to the 458 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 6.4/10 among them, against 8.9/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 94 35% 3.28
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 92.2 · 96 30% 2.89
Progress 8 2023/24 0.38 · 78 25% 1.95
Attainment 8 2024/25 69.3 · 96 10% 0.97

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. The school was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 2023. In 2024/25, 92.2% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 69.3, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.38 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 6.4 out of 10 among them, against 8.9 out of 10 nationally.

Getting in. There are 1194 pupils in a school with 1207 places, leaving 13 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils in maintaining high attainment given the competitive entry? What specific extracurricular opportunities are available to students? How does the school manage the transition for new pupils joining a nearly full cohort?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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