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Wirral Grammar School for Girls

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Established
  
1931

DfE URN
  
137171 Tables

Phone
  
+44 151 644 8282

Number of students
  
1,068

DfE number
  
344/4052

Headteacher
  
Mrs Elaine Cogan

Ages
  
11–18

Founded
  
1931

Type
  
Grammar school; Academy

Location
  
Heath Road Bebington Merseyside CH63 3AF England

Ofsted
  
Reports Pre-academy reports

Address
  
Heath Rd, Bebington CH63 3AF, UK

Motto
  
("A monument lasting than bronze", from Horace's Poem 3:30)

Profiles

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

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Admissions

It is on Heath Road, Bebington, on the Wirral Peninsula, England, 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 is by the "11-plus" examination. Mrs Elaine Cogan has been its head teacher since 2001.

Consistently high achieving, Wirral Grammar School for Girls has been designated as a "high performing school" by the Specialist Schools AcademiesTrust and has received an Ofsted rating of 'Outstanding' in every department.

History

It 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

The school attains some of the best A level results in North West England, coming third for A-Level Points per Pupil in the 2012 Wirral Local Authority area league table.

Notable former pupils

  • Anne Baker, historian
  • Jean Boht, actress
  • Alison McGovern, Member of Parliament for Wirral South (United Kingdom general election, 2010–present)
  • Sue Millard (Keen), writer
  • Kate Robbins, actress
  • Amy Robbins, actress
  • References

    Wirral Grammar School for Girls Wikipedia