Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Wirral, CH63 3AF · Wirral grammar school

Ofsted: Outstanding Girls
Qualifying score (2026)
236.0
Furthest distance offered (2025)
6.83 miles
Test board
Consortium: Wirral Grammar Schools (non-Catholic). Two papers on same day

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2022-12-06)

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked After Children / Previously Looked After Children
  2. Medical — Valid medical reason supported by a doctor's letter
  3. Pupil premium distance — Up to 15 places: Free School Meals girls achieving the qualifying score, ranked by distance from school
  4. Sibling — Girls with a sister (sibling) attending the school at time of application
  5. Staff child — Daughters of staff employed ≥2 years (or skills-shortage recruit)
  6. Distance — Remaining places by distance from home to school

What the entrance test covers

Wirral has THREE different entrance tests depending on the school: 1. The Wirral Admissions Test — shared by the four non-Catholic grammar schools (Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Wirral Grammar School for Girls). Two multiple-choice papers taken on the same day, covering verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and mathematics. From 2027 entry the papers are supplied by Quest Assessments (previously GL Assessment). One sitting covers all four schools; meeting the standard does not guarantee a place. 2. St Anselm's College (boys, Catholic) — its own entrance test of three one-hour papers produced by the school: verbal reasoning, mathematics, and English (reading comprehension plus a writing task). No fixed pass mark — places are offered in rank order of total score. 3. Upton Hall School FCJ (girls, Catholic) — its own entrance exam of two 50-minute GL Assessment multiple-choice papers: English (Key Stage 2 curriculum — reading comprehension, spelling, grammar, punctuation) and verbal reasoning. The Wirral Admissions Test and the two Catholic schools' tests fall on different dates in September, so a child can attempt all three routes if registered separately for each (the Wirral Admissions Test via the council; the Catholic schools direct).

University destinations

Oxbridge
3%
Russell Group
44%
Top-third university
50%
Any degree
80%

Of the 144-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, Bebington ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£251,750

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Wirral admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

Have a specific question about admissions, scores or dates?

Ask SchoolsGPT