North West
Secondary schools in Wirral
134 schools, 50,355 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 37.4.
Ofsted across Wirral
Good61
Outstanding9
Requires improvement8
Inadequate2
No overall grade54
80 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 54 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Wirral
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Kirby Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2022 | 71.3 |
| Wirral Grammar School for GirlsAcademy converter | Wirral | Outstanding 2022 | 69.3 |
| Calday Grange Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | 68.1 |
| Upton Hall School FCJAcademy converter | Wirral | Outstanding 2022 | 65.6 |
| Wirral Grammar School for BoysAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2022 | 65.4 |
| St Anselm's CollegeAcademy converter | Prenton | No grade | 57.2 |
| Birkenhead High School AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Prenton | Good 2023 | 50.5 |
| Pensby High SchoolFoundation school | Wirral | Good 2023 | 44.8 |
| Weatherhead High SchoolAcademy converter | Wallasey | Good 2022 | 41.9 |
| Birkenhead Park SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Birkenhead | Requires improvement 2023 | 39.9 |
| Ridgeway High SchoolFoundation school | Prenton | Good 2024 | 39.2 |
| Hilbre High SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | 39 |
| Prenton High School for GirlsAcademy converter | Birkenhead | Good 2022 | 38.9 |
| Woodchurch High SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | 37.9 |
| Co-op Academy BebingtonAcademy sponsor led | Wirral | Good 2023 | 37.3 |
| St John Plessington Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2022 | 37.2 |
| The Mosslands SchoolCommunity school | Wallasey | Requires improvement 2024 | 35.2 |
| St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Wallasey | No grade | 33.2 |
| The Oldershaw SchoolAcademy converter | Wallasey | No grade | 28 |
| South Wirral High SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2022 | — |