Which school has the best GCSE results in Wirral?

On 2025 Attainment 8, West Kirby Grammar School tops the table in Wirral with 71.3, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Wirral schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Wirral show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Wirral GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

19 state secondary schools in Wirral ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 20 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Wirral ranked on Attainment 8

19 of 20 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Wirral ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	West Kirby Grammar School Wirral · Academy converter	71.3	96%	98%	6.80	183
2	Wirral Grammar School for Girls Wirral · Academy converter	69.3	92%	99%	6.44	180
3	Calday Grange Grammar School Wirral · Academy converter	68.1	93%	96%	6.46	216
4	Upton Hall School FCJ Wirral · Academy converter	65.6	88%	99%	6.29	154
5	Wirral Grammar School for Boys Wirral · Academy converter	65.4	91%	99%	6.21	156
6	St Anselm's College Prenton · Academy converter	57.2	76%	94%	5.15	159
7	Birkenhead High School Academy Prenton · Academy sponsor led	50.5	45%	71%	4.41	137
8	Pensby High School Wirral · Foundation school	44.8	43%	73%	3.67	171
9	Weatherhead High School Wallasey · Academy converter	41.8	28%	53%	3.71	253
10	Birkenhead Park School Birkenhead · Academy sponsor led	39.9	30%	49%	3.35	138
11	Ridgeway High School Prenton · Foundation school	39.2	25%	53%	3.09	175
12	Hilbre High School Wirral · Academy converter	39.0	25%	48%	3.09	192
13	Prenton High School for Girls Birkenhead · Academy converter	38.9	33%	55%	3.32	154
14	Woodchurch High School Wirral · Academy converter	37.9	28%	52%	3.24	281
15	Co-op Academy Bebington Wirral · Academy sponsor led	37.3	29%	46%	3.04	187
16	St John Plessington Catholic College Wirral · Academy converter	37.2	29%	50%	3.11	267
17	The Mosslands School Wallasey · Community school	35.2	20%	42%	2.88	176
18	St Mary's Catholic College Wallasey · Academy sponsor led	33.2	17%	35%	2.55	204
19	The Oldershaw School Wallasey · Academy converter	28.0	12%	29%	2.25	156
–	South Wirral High School Wirral · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Independent schools in Wirral with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Birkenhead School Prenton · Other independent school	44.6	0%	85
Progress Schools - Hamilton Square Other independent school	4.7	0%	24

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Wirral on our composite score

Wirral GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Wirral ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Wirral with published GCSE results

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