Wirral Grammar School for Boys

Selective

National rank

294

263

Rank last year

56.9%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

40.1%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

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

A-level 2025 rank: 319

Grade

%

A*

11.1

A

19.8

B

26

A*/A

30.8

A*-B

56.9

GCSE 2025 rank: 229

Grade

%

9/8

22.4

7

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
*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.
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