Best Secondary Schools in Wirral

We checked all 13 secondary schools in Wirral and list every one: 10 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
13
Ranked
10
Without a rank
3

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Wirral. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Wirral also has 59 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Wirral.

Ranked secondary schools in Wirral

  1. 1

    Wirral Grammar School for Girls

    Academy, Selective, 1,224 pupils, inspected December 2022

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    69.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    92.2%

  2. 2

    Upton Hall School FCJ

    Academy, Selective, 1,004 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    65.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    88.3%

  3. 3

    West Kirby Grammar School

    Academy, Selective, 1,181 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    71.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    95.6%

  4. 4

    Calday Grange Grammar School

    Academy, Selective, 1,493 pupils, inspected January 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    68.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    92.6%

  5. 5

    Wirral Grammar School for Boys

    Academy, Selective, 1,123 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    65.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    91%

  6. 6

    Pensby High School

    Local authority maintained, 915 pupils, inspected January 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    42.7%

  7. 7

    Woodchurch High School

    Academy, 1,399 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    37.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    27.8%

  8. 8

    Co-op Academy Bebington

    Academy, 1,044 pupils, inspected April 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    37.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    28.9%

  9. 9

    St John Plessington Catholic College

    Academy, 1,556 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    37.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    28.5%

  10. 10

    Hilbre High School

    Academy, 1,154 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Attainment 8
    39.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    24.5%

Secondary schools in Wirral without a rank