Wirral Grammar School for Boys

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wirral
Unique reference
137476
Address
Cross Lane, Bebington, CH63 3AQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1043 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
8.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
8%
Persistent absence
11.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.5%
Mixed 4.4%
Indian 3.6%
Chinese 3%
Other White 2.7%
Other Asian 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Unclassified 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.29
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 97%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 91%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 65.1
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.1
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE157
Business Studies:SingleGCSE125
ChemistryGCSE157
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE49
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE157
English LiteratureGCSE157
FrenchGCSE87
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Wirral Grammar School for Boys

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
165
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
65
From another Local Authority
108
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
162
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
48
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
161
161
0
Year 8
162
162
0
Year 9
157
157
0
Year 10
156
156
0
Year 11
157
157
0
Year 12
120
120
0
Year 13
130
130
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
86.4%
85.6%
Further education
3.0%
23.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
83.0%
47.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
8.0%
14.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
85.0%
71.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
45.0%
29.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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