Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Term dates

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 199 families put this school as their first choice, and 178 places were offered. 177 of the families who put it first got a place (89%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school uses Wirral assessment for grammar school education, a shared test used by 3 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 6 December 2022. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1224 (capacity 1207)

Gender

Girls

Academy trust

WIRRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

01516448282

Address

Heath Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3AF

Website

wirralgirls.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports