This schoolOther secondary schools in WirralSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 18 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 19 January 2016Graded inspection: 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 entry370 applications · 202 places offered · 222 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.8; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2025 1.7; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2024 1.7; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2023 1.7; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2022 1.7; Wirral median median 2.2
- 2021 1.7; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2020 1.5; Wirral median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; Wirral median median 2.0
- 2018 1.7; Wirral median median 2.0
- 2017 1.4; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2016 1.6; Wirral median median 2.1
- 2015 1.6; 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 | 202 | 370 | 1.8 | 222 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 213 | 357 | 1.7 | 216 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2024 | 192 | 322 | 1.7 | 191 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 208 | 351 | 1.7 | 220 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 206 | 340 | 1.7 | 211 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 195 | 336 | 1.7 | 196 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 204 | 314 | 1.5 | 212 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 | 208 | 339 | 1.6 | 238 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 | 205 | 343 | 1.7 | 241 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2017 | 225 | 311 | 1.4 | 208 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 188 | 300 | 1.6 | 184 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 180 | 282 | 1.6 | 171 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 166 | 265 | 1.6 | 139 | 0.84 |
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.) | 215 | 63.7 | 93% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 216 | 68.1 | 93% | 96% | – |
| 2023/24 | 221 | 64.7 | 91% | 95% | +0.31 |
| 2022/23 | 243 | 66.1 | 94% | 98% | +0.29 |
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
- Calday Grange Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 63.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · Wirral20263.3applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · WirralGood20222.1applications per place 68.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.2 km · WirralRemains Good20233.5applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · WirralOutstanding20222.0applications per place 65.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.8 km · WirralGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · WirralGood20242.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · WirralGood20234.7applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · WirralStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 63.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 139144 · 344/5400
- Trust
- Calday Grange Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,504 pupils · 1,493 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2013
- Replaced
- Calday Grange Grammar School (URN 105112)
- Address
- Grammar School Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 8GG
- Local authority
- Wirral
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources