Wirral Grammar School for Boys

Wirral Grammar School for Boys is performing well, achieving a good overall effectiveness rating during its first routine inspection as an academy. The school demonstrates high expectations for academic achievement and personal development, with pupils and students excelling in various leadership roles and community involvement. The supportive environment ensures that students feel safe, with exemplary behavior and a strong culture of respect and diversity present among the pupils. The school offers a broad and balanced curriculum, with a strong focus on ambitious learning for all pupils, including those with special educational needs. Although the majority of subjects are well-structured and facilitate good learning outcomes, there are some subjects where clarity about the foundational knowledge required for future learning is lacking, which hinders overall student performance. Nonetheless, school leaders are proactive in addressing these areas and have made robust provisions to support pupils effectively.

Strengths

• High expectations for academic achievement and personal development.
• Outstanding behavior and attitudes among pupils.
• Exceptional sixth-form provision with strong student leadership.
• Comprehensive personal, social, health and economic education curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong community involvement and student volunteering opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, teachers lack clarity on essential knowledge required for students' future learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Wirral Grammar School for Boys attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 6.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Wirral Grammar School for Boys were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Wirral Grammar School for Boys had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.4% of pupils at Wirral Grammar School for Boys were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Wirral Grammar School for Boys received £6,798 and spent £6,834 for each of its 1,075 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £705,000 (£656 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Wirral Grammar School for Boys's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wirral Grammar School for Boys is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Wirral Grammar School for Boys last inspected by Ofsted?

Wirral Grammar School for Boys was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Wirral Grammar School for Boys have?

Wirral Grammar School for Boys has 1,123 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wirral Grammar School for Boys cover?

Wirral Grammar School for Boys for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Wirral Grammar School for Boys's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 68.2, and 94% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Wirral Grammar School for Boys?

Wirral Grammar School for Boys is at Cross Lane, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 3AQ.