Calday Grange Grammar School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B72
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wirral, CH48 8GG
- Distance
- 4.2km away
Pensby High School
Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 6XN
Local ranking8th of 20 secondary schools in Wirral
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 23 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 178
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 920
- Boys
- 535 (58%)
- Girls
- 380 (42%)
- Capacity
- 900 (102% full)
- SEND
- 18.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.6%
- EAL
- 3.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 16.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,277/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.3%
- White Other: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Other: 0.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
93.3%
White British
1.2%
White Other
1.1%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Irby Road
Wirral, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105101
- UKPRN
- 10005038
- Establishment No.
- 4058
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