West Kirby Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Wirral
11+ scores · 2026 entry
| Lowest score offered · Category 7 (score) | 238 |
From Wirral Council · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.095 miles
Published by Wirral Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Kirby Grammar School is a secondary school in Wirral for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 November 2022. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
West Kirby Grammar School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 6.095 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 96% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wirral.
- Year 7 2026 drew 163 first-choice applications for 172 offers; 160 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (2%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 2026, the lowest 11+ standardised score offered under one of its admission criteria was 238; the last child offered a place lived 6.095 miles away.
- 7.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.3% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wirral.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wirral schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Graham Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5DP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 1,181 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 November 2022
Strengths
- “At West Kirby Grammar School, pupils, and students in the sixth form, thrive.”
- “They are confident and articulate with a fervour for learning.”
- “Pupils and students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), strive to live up to leaders’ high expectations of them.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders do not check how well teachers are delivering the curriculum.”
- “Occasionally, teachers do not ensure that the work that they give to pupils is demanding enough to help them to learn the knowledge that they need.”
- “From time to time, this hinders how well some pupils learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 96% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 71.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 163 first-preference applications, 172 offers in total, 160 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wirral.
- Hilbre High School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Calday Grange Grammar School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Upton Hall School FCJ 3.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Pensby High School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodchurch High School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ridgeway High School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mosslands School 5.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Anselm's College 5.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published