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Grammar school in Bebington, Merseyside
Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Address
Heath road
Bebington, Merseyside, CH63 3AF
Coordinates53°20′55″N 3°00′52″W / 53.3485°N 3.0145°W / 53.3485; -3.0145
Information
TypeGrammar school;
Academy
MottoLatin: Monumentum Aere Perennius
("A monument more lasting than bronze", from Horace's Poem 3:30)
Established1931
Department for Education URN137171 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherJ Ogunmyiwa
GenderFemale
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1068
Houses6: Unitas  , Esperance  , Ferens  , Virtus  , Alpha  , Invicta  
Colour(s)Blue  
Websitewww.wirralgirls.co.uk

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.

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.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Wirral Grammar School for Girls

See also

References

  1. "Wirral Grammar School for Girls - Inspection report", Ofsted 31 January 2023.
  2. "BBC News - Secondary school league tables in Wirral". BBC.co.uk. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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Schools in Wirral
Primary schools
Non-selective
secondary schools
Grammar schools
Independent schools
FE & sixth form colleges
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