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Wirral Grammar for Boys and Girls among best performing schools in Merseyside

New Department for Education data shows Wirral's grammar schools ranking highly for GCSE results.

,   and  Sophie Humphrey
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Wirral Grammar for Boys in Bebington.
Both Wirral Grammar Boys and Girls have ranked among the top performing schools in Merseyside in new data. Photo: Wirral Grammar for Boys.
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Several Wirral grammar schools have been ranked among the top ten best performing secondary schools in Merseyside for GCSE results in 2026, including both Wirral Grammar Boys School and Wirral Grammar Girls.

As reported and summarised by the Liverpool Echo, new data published by the Department for Education detailed the achievements of some of our local schools.

The top performing school in Merseyside and Liverpool was The Blue Coat School, with a score of 7.86, with reference to the school's high GCSE outcomes for the 2025/2026 academic year.

Over in the Wirral, Wirral Grammar School for Girls in Bebington achieved an attainment score of 7.09, which also equates to an old grade of an A/A*.

Also doing the Wirral proud was another grammar school, West Kirby Grammar, with a score of 6.86, placing it third overall. This score is close to a B or a C grade. Following their female counterpart in fourth was Wirral Grammar for Boys, with a score of 6.82.

Upton Hall School FCJ in Upton and Calday Grange Grammar School in Birkenhead also made the top ten with scores of 6.56 and 6.37 respectively.

St Anselm's College in Prenton also narrowly squeezed into the top ten with a score of 6.31.

Other analysis highlighted the percentage of students who achieved at least five GCSEs at school in the most recent academic year. Unsurprisingly, the Wirral had some great results there too.

Also reported by the Echo, the percentage for the Wirral schools are as follows:

  1. Wirral Grammar School for Boys led the Wirral schools at 97.5%

  2. Wirral Grammar School for Girls - 97.3%.

  3. West Kirby Grammar School recorded 96.6%.

  4. Upton Hall - 93.1%.

  5. Calday Grange - 93%.

Wirral Grammar School for Girls topped the list for the percentage of students achieving at least a 5 (equivalent to a C or a Pass or a low B) in English and Maths. Again, Wirral Grammar School topped the list for the Wirral, coming second overall in Merseyside with 95.6% of students achieving a 5 in both subjects. The Blue Coat School took the lead by 3.2 %, with a score 98.3%.

Wirral Grammar School for Boys achieved 94.3% and Calday Grange had a score of 93.

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