Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Address
	Heath road ; Bebington, Merseyside , CH63 3AF
Coordinates	53°20′55″N 3°00′52″W / 53.3485°N 3.0145°W
Information
Type	Grammar school ; ; Academy
Motto	Latin : Monumentum Aere Perennius ; ("A monument more lasting than bronze", from Horace 's Poem 3:30)
Established	1931
Department for Education URN	137171 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	J Ogunmyiwa
Gender	Female
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1068
Houses	6: Unitas , Esperance , Ferens , Virtus , Alpha , Invicta
Colour(s)	Blue
Website	www .wirralgirls .co .uk

Wirral Grammar School for Girls is an all-girls grammar school on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside , England.

Admissions [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

The school attains some of the best A level results in North West England. ^[2]

Notable former pupils [ edit ]

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

References [ edit ]

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

External links [ edit ]

EduBase

[ofsted_january_2023-1] "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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v t e Schools in Wirral
Primary schools	Birkenhead High School Academy
Non-selective 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
Grammar schools	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
Independent schools	Birkenhead School
FE & sixth form colleges	Birkenhead Sixth Form College Wirral Metropolitan College
Closed schools	Kingsmead School The Kingsway Academy Redcourt St Anselm's Rock Ferry High School Wellington School