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Wirral Grammar School for Boys

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National rank

294

263

Rank last year

56.9^%

A-level

40.1^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Simon Ascroft

Attendance 95.9%

Gender of entry Boys

Send pupils* 10.3% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,107

Pupils on free school meals 9.5%

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

11.1

19.8

A*/A

30.8

A*-B

56.9

Grade

9/8

22.4

17.7

9/8/7

40.1

What the school inspection says

“Pupils, including students in the sixth form, do their very best to meet leaders’ high expectations for their academic achievement and personal development. Consequently, pupils and students achieve well in a wide range of subjects. Pupils enjoy a wealth of high-quality opportunities that reflect leaders’ aim ‘to develop each individual’s potential to the full’. Pupils and students excel in the many leadership roles that they are given. … Pupils and students study a broad and balanced curriculum. Leaders have ensured that this is equally ambitious for all, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (Send). Almost all key stage 4 pupils study the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects. … Behaviour and attitudes, personal development and sixth form provision were deemed to be outstanding.”

Inspection

2022

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

Wirral Grammar School for Boys was founded in 1931 and is one of few remaining state grammars in England.
Harold Wilson, who twice served as prime minister, was a sixth-former and showed his early leadership prowess by becoming the school’s first head boy, in 1934. He also established a debating society during his time here, overseeing spirited discussions on topics ranging from Marxism to fascism.
The Millionaire Reader Club is part of an Accelerated Reader initiative to encourage students to dive headlong into books. Those who read more than a million words are rewarded with incentives such as “beat the lunch queue”.
The school is celebrated for its rugby tradition, and teams tour and compete internationally, including in Australia and the US. The former England and Saracens player Matt Cairns was a pupil here. Other sports include hockey, cricket and athletics.

admissions@wirralgrammarboys.com

Telephone

0151 644 0908

Website

wirralgrammarboys.com

Address

Cross Lane, Bebington, CH63 3AQ

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