West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral

In 2026, pupils at West Kirby Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 68.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in Wirral and 47 across England.

91% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Wirral and 47% in England.

That is down from 71.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.42: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 59.7, against 69.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Chemistry, Physics and Biology.

West Kirby Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 163 families put West Kirby Grammar School as their first choice and 366 named it as one of their preferences, for 172 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

West Kirby Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, West Kirby Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Wirral's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Wirral has 6 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to West Kirby Grammar School are Hilbre High School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 37.8); Calday Grange Grammar School (1.2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 63.7); Upton Hall School FCJ (3.5 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 65.6); and Pensby High School (3.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.9).

West Kirby Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 184 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 4% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 168 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 20% into work. 41% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 101 pupils (8.6%) received SEN support and 6 (0.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is West Kirby Rail Station, about 550 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Graham Road Grammar School (n-bound), 20 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 77 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Wirral (155).

In 2024/25, West Kirby Grammar School issued 8 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to West Kirby Grammar School are West Kirby Primary School (under 0.1 miles), West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School (0.8 miles), Black Horse Hill Junior School (0.9 miles) and Black Horse Hill Infant School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.