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Calday Grange Grammar School

Selective

National rank

207=

187

Rank last year

60.8^%

A-level

52.7^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Stephen Gray

Attendance 95.9%

Gender of entry Boys

Send pupils* 8.3% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,481

Pupils on free school meals 8.7%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

13.9

19.1

27.8

A*/A

A*-B

60.8

Grade

9/8

32.6

20.1

9/8/7

52.7

What the school inspection says

“Pupils are highly ambitious. They display excellent attitudes to their learning. Pupils are taught how to take responsibility for their academic progress. They do this insightfully. Across most subjects, pupils successfully achieve in line with the school’s high expectations. Pupils embody the values of ‘pride, ambition and respect’. They are happy and proud to belong to this special community. Pupils exuberantly praise the myriad of opportunities available. For instance, many take part in drama performances, mountain biking and sports clubs. Classrooms are calm environments where pupils learn free from distraction. Pupils want to improve themselves.”

Inspection

2024

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

Calday Grange Grammar School, founded in 1636, is a selective all-boys grammar; girls have been admitted to its sixth form since 1985. It was assessed as good by Ofsted in 2024.
The school’s vision is to “develop the whole child to broaden their horizons, elevate their ambitions and furnish them with the attributes to succeed in the future".
Its sixth form, the largest on Wirral, will offer 24 A-level subjects for 2026, including Chinese, economics, law and Russian in addition to the standard options. In 2025 32.5 per cent of A-level entries achieved A*-A grades and 60.5 per cent achieved A*-B grades.
The school is working towards gaining the Rainbow Flag award and is committed to “improving the lives of all young people we work with, through a focused initiative to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans inclusion”.
Former pupils include the banker Sir Philip May, the husband of the former prime minister Theresa May.

theschool@calday.co.uk

Telephone

0151 625 2727

Website

calday.co.uk

Address

Grammar School Lane, West Kirby, CH48 8GG

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