Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in WirralSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry366 applications · 172 places offered · 163 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 2.1; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2024 2.1; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2023 1.9; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2022 2.0; Wirral median median 2.2
- 2021 2.0; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2020 1.8; Wirral median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Wirral median median 2.0
- 2018 1.8; Wirral median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2016 1.6; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2015 1.8; Wirral median median 2.2
- 2014 1.6; Wirral median median 2.1
- This school
- Wirral median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 172 | 366 | 2.1 | 163 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 171 | 353 | 2.1 | 146 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 | 157 | 335 | 2.1 | 135 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 158 | 305 | 1.9 | 158 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 178 | 351 | 2.0 | 199 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 159 | 317 | 2.0 | 167 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 161 | 292 | 1.8 | 151 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 161 | 288 | 1.8 | 146 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 167 | 298 | 1.8 | 170 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 163 | 283 | 1.7 | 164 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 168 | 273 | 1.6 | 168 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 146 | 265 | 1.8 | 134 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 143 | 234 | 1.6 | 136 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 176 | 68.6 | 91% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 183 | 71.3 | 96% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 184 | 68.3 | 94% | 100% | +0.42 |
| 2022/23 | 185 | 67.9 | 94% | 99% | +0.57 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- West Kirby Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.1applications per place 68.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.6 km · Wirral20263.3applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · WirralStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 63.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.7 km · WirralOutstanding20222.0applications per place 65.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.1 km · WirralRemains Good20233.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · WirralGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · WirralGood20242.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · WirralGood20234.7applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 9.1 km · WirralRequires improvement20241.8applications per place 34.5Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137243 · 344/4056
- Trust
- West Kirby Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,283 pupils · 1,181 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- West Kirby Grammar School (URN 105099)
- Address
- Graham Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5DP
- Local authority
- Wirral
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources