Schools in Wirral

About schools in Wirral

Most of the 79 schools listed in Wirral are primary schools. Its eleven secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

60%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 49 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

51.3

average Attainment 8 score, across the 12 schools with published results

Nursery schools2

• Castleway Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 0 to 5

• Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 5

Primary schools58

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Barnston Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  82%

  expected standard
• Black Horse Hill Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Black Horse Hill Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  44%

  expected standard
• Brackenwood Infant School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 7

• Brackenwood Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  85%

  expected standard
• Brookdale Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Brookhurst Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Castleway Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  33%

  expected standard
• Cathcart Street Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  26%

  expected standard
• Chapelhill Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Christ The King Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Church Drive Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Co-op Academy Woodslee

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Eastway Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  21%

  expected standard
• Fender Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Gayton Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  82%

  expected standard
• Greasby Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Greasby Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Great Meols Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Grove Street Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  30%

  expected standard
• Heswall Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Heygarth Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Higher Bebington Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Holy Spirit Catholic and Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Irby Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Ladymount Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Leasowe Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Lingham Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Manor Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Mendell Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Mersey Park Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• Mount Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• Overchurch Infant School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Overchurch Junior School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 7 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Pensby Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Poulton Lancelyn Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Raeburn Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Riverside Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• St Andrew's CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• St John's Catholic Infant School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 7

• St John's Catholic Junior School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 7 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 2 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Stanton Road Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• Thingwall Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Thornton Hough Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  100%

  expected standard
• Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Town Lane Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 7

• Townfield Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• West Kirby Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Woodchurch CofE Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

Secondary schools11

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Calday Grange Grammar School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys

  68.1

  Attainment 8
• Co-op Academy Bebington

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 18

  37.3

  Attainment 8
• Hilbre High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  39.0

  Attainment 8
• Pensby High School

  Foundation school · Ages 11 to 18

  44.8

  Attainment 8
• South Wirral High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

• St John Plessington Catholic College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  37.2

  Attainment 8
• Upton Hall School FCJ

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

  65.6

  Attainment 8
• West Kirby Grammar School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

  71.3

  Attainment 8
• Wirral Grammar School for Boys

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys

  65.4

  Attainment 8
• Wirral Grammar School for Girls

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

  69.3

  Attainment 8
• Woodchurch High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  37.9

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Birkenhead Sixth Form College

  Academy 16-19 converter · Ages 16 to 19

Special schools and alternative provision6

• Hayfield School

  Community special school · Ages 4 to 11

• Meadowside School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 19

• Orrets Meadow School

  Academy special converter · Ages 5 to 11

• Stanley School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 11

• West Kirby School and College

  Non-maintained special school · Ages 5 to 19

• Wirral Hospitals' School

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 11 to 17

Independent schools1

• Avalon School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 11

Common questions about schools in Wirral

How many schools are in Wirral?

OfferDay lists 79 schools in Wirral, including 58 primary schools and eleven secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Wirral?

Every school in Wirral is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Wirral?

OfferDay ranks schools in Wirral where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.