Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Wirral Grammar School for Girls is an all-girls grammar school on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England.
Admissions
It is located in Bebington, next door to Wirral Grammar School for Boys. The school consists of lower school (ages 11–16) and Sixth Form (ages 17–18), and entrance for Year 7 is by the 11-plus examination. Those wishing to join the Sixth Form can do so by meeting the GCSE grade requirements and applying through the school website. To join the Sixth Form, you do not have to have previously passed the 11+ examination. Jenny Ogunmyiwa has been head teacher since September 2022.
Wirral Grammar School for Girls has been designated as a "high performing school" by the Specialist Schools Academies Trust and has received an Ofsted rating of 'Outstanding' in every department.[1]
History
The school was founded in 1931. It was known as the Wirral County Grammar School for Girls until the late 1990s, being administered by Cheshire County Council before 1974, then by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. In the early 1970s, it had around 900 girls.
Academic performance
The school attains some of the best A level results in North West England.[2]
Notable former pupils
- Anne Baker, historian
- Jean Boht, actress
- Alison McGovern, Labour Member of Parliament for Wirral South (2010 United Kingdom general election–present)
- Sue Nelson, science writer and broadcaster
- Kate Robbins, actress
- Amy Robbins, actress
See also
- Wirral Grammar School for Boys
- Calday Grange Grammar School
- West Kirby Grammar School
- Bebington High School
References
External links
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secondary schools
- Birkenhead High School Academy
- Birkenhead Park School
- Co-op Academy Bebington
- Hilbre High School
- The Mosslands School
- The Oldershaw Academy
- Pensby High School
- Prenton High School for Girls
- Ridgeway High School
- St John Plessington Catholic College
- St Mary's College
- South Wirral High School
- Weatherhead High School
- Woodchurch High School
- Calday Grange Grammar School
- St Anselm's College
- Upton Hall School FCJ
- West Kirby Grammar School
- Wirral Grammar School for Boys
- Wirral Grammar School for Girls