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Schools in Wirral
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Birkenhead High School (IND, SEL) 97 97 1061.4 388.9
Upton Hall School FCJ (SEL) 98 95 1031.9 348
Wirral Grammar School for Girls (SEL) 97 97 1017.7 403.8
Calday Grange Grammar School (SEL) 99 99 1012.9 368.4
West Kirby Grammar School (SEL) 97 93 1012.2 387.3
St Anselm's College (SEL) 90 87 1002.2 341.4
Pensby High School for Girls 72 43 1000.9 165.1
South Wirral High School 57 34 998.5 121.3
Weatherhead High School Media Arts College 60 53 990.6 223.6
Prenton High School for Girls 39 29 990 NA
Ridgeway High School 44 26 989.1 NA
Wirral Grammar School for Boys (SEL) 93 91 988.9 318.2
Hilbre High School 48 31 985.1 194.4
St Mary's Catholic College 48 29 983.4 252.5
Woodchurch High School Engineering College 46 31 981.8 NA
Rock Ferry High School 32 15 978.2 NA
Pensby High School for Boys: A Specialist Sports College 41 31 968.4 158.3
Plessington Catholic Technology College 56 28 967.4 173.5
Mosslands School, The 47 37 963.8 257.4
Wallasey School 33 23 960.1 208.4
Park High School 38 23 957.6 NA
Oldershaw School, The 24 16 939.7 197.8
Bebington High Sports College 30 26 935.1 138.1
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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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