Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Wirral

In its own words: "Traditional, ‘British’ Values of democracy, tolerance, mutual respect, personal and social responsibility, rule of law and individual liberty, lie at the heart of our school and have done since the school opened in 1931."

From the headteacher's welcome: "WGS6 provides a vibrant, dynamic and exciting environment and we hope you will consider joining us for your post-16 education. Most of our Y11 cohort progress into our sixth form and we are also very keen to encourage applications from external students wishing to join our community."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include rugby, hockey, cricket, tennis, basketball, badminton and debating.

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 6 May 2027 and an open day on Friday 7 May 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Wirral Grammar School for Boys averaged an Attainment 8 score of 68.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in Wirral and 47 across England.

94% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Wirral and 47% in England.

That is up from 65.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.36: 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 65.9, against 68.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 2.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Spanish.

Wirral Grammar School for Boys 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, 190 families put Wirral Grammar School for Boys as their first choice and 409 named it as one of their preferences, for 167 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 24 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Wirral Grammar School for Boys 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, Wirral Grammar School for Boys 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 Wirral Grammar School for Boys are Wirral Grammar School for Girls (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 70.9); Co-op Academy Bebington (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.3); St John Plessington Catholic College (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.4); and Prenton High School for Girls (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.8).

Wirral Grammar School for Boys's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 157 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 3% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 134 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 71% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 27% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 8.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%) and Asian (11%).

In 2026, 117 pupils (10.4%) received SEN support and 15 (1.3%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Wirral Grammar School for Boys has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties: 15 places, 10 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Port Sunlight Rail Station, about 1000 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wirral Grammar School (n-bound), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wirral Grammar School for Boys stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 100 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Wirral (155).

In 2024/25, Wirral Grammar School for Boys issued 10 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wirral Grammar School for Boys are Brackenwood Infant School (0.2 miles), Brackenwood Junior School (0.2 miles), Stanton Road Primary School (0.4 miles) and St Andrew's CofE Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.