GCSE results 2026

Wirral GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 20 state secondary schools in Wirral, 3,654 pupils. Wirral ranks 79 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.4 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

46.0%

1.8 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

15.1%

0.4 pts above England

Attainment 8

46.8

0.8 points below England

Council rank

79 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Wirral at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Wirral Grammar School for Girls (70.9); highest non-selective: Birkenhead High School Academy (49.1).
Schools range from 29.0 to 70.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 41.9 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.9, 16.5 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Wirral Grammar School for Girls (67.9).
Wirral has 6 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Wirral.
Most improved on 2025: St Anselm's College, up 5.9 points to 63.1.

Every Wirral secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Wirral Grammar School for GirlsGrammar · Girls	182	70.9	+1.6	98.9%	95.6%	49.5%	67.9
2	West Kirby Grammar SchoolGrammar · Girls	176	68.6	−2.7	99.4%	90.9%	47.7%	59.7
3	Wirral Grammar School for BoysGrammar · Boys	157	68.2	+2.8	98.7%	94.3%	44.6%	65.9
4	Upton Hall School FCJGrammar · Girls · Roman Catholic	145	65.6	0.0	95.2%	88.3%	44.8%	55.1
5	Calday Grange Grammar SchoolGrammar · Boys	215	63.7	−4.4	97.7%	93.0%	43.7%	63.3
6	St Anselm's CollegeGrammar · Boys · Roman Catholic	158	63.1	+5.9	94.9%	88.0%	27.2%	58.9
7	Birkenhead High School AcademyGirls	134	49.1	−1.4	72.4%	44.0%	9.7%	43.9
8	Pensby High School	178	45.9	+1.1	77.5%	46.6%	3.9%	44.2
9	Weatherhead High SchoolGirls	248	44.2	+2.3	61.3%	38.3%	7.3%	37.1
10	Prenton High School for GirlsGirls	153	40.8	+1.9	49.0%	27.5%	4.6%	37.3
11	St John Plessington Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic	265	39.4	+2.2	52.8%	32.1%	2.3%	30.8
12	Birkenhead Park School	130	39.1	−0.8	41.5%	24.6%	4.6%	35.4
13	Woodchurch High SchoolChurch of England	281	38.5	+0.6	50.5%	29.2%	5.7%	31.5
14	South Wirral High School	197	38.1	—	57.4%	27.4%	3.6%	34.2
15	Hilbre High School	197	37.8	−1.2	51.8%	27.4%	4.1%	33.0
16	Ridgeway High School	167	37.7	−1.5	50.9%	21.0%	1.8%	33.6
17	Co-op Academy Bebington	189	36.3	−1.0	48.1%	17.5%	2.6%	34.3
18	The Mosslands SchoolBoys	152	34.5	−0.7	42.8%	16.4%	1.3%	29.0
19	St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	178	34.0	+0.8	42.1%	18.5%	2.2%	28.0
20	The Oldershaw School	152	29.0	+1.0	34.9%	13.2%	1.3%	25.7
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Wirral against the rest of the North West

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.