Hilbre High School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Secondary
Wirral · CH48 6EQ · Wirral
Ages 11–18
- Att835.4
- P8-0.4
- EM5+24%
- Absence10.3%
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 139144
Calday Grange Grammar School
Academy converter · Wirral · CH48 8GG
Ages 11–18 · 1,493 pupils · Wirral
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Attainment 8
64.7
Overall absence
5.7%
Admissions demand
0.99 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-02-04
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.31
−20+2
Attainment 864.7
English & maths grade 5+91%
English & maths grade 4+95%
EBacc entry87%
EBacc APS: 6.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.9%
Unauthorised0.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,110
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.99 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
191
Places offered
192
1st-preference offers
190
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 322
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 192
- Applications from outside LA
- 71
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 31
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill99%
1,493 pupils · 1,504 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,493
- Boys / girls
- 1,425 / 68
- School capacity
- 1,504
- Capacity fill
- 1,493 / 1,504 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 8.3%
- FSM pupils
- 93
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Boys
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CALDAY GRANGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- CALDAY GRANGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Stephen Gray
Location
- Address
- Grammar School Lane, West Kirby
- Postcode
- CH48 8GG
- Town
- Wirral
- County
- Merseyside
- Local authority
- Wirral
- District
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Boys academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Wirral, Wirral, 1,493 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 8.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
West Kirby Grammar School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Wirral · CH48 5DP · Wirral
Ages 11–18
- Att868.3
- P80.4
- EM5+94%
- Absence5.8%
1.2 miles away
Pensby High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Secondary
Wirral · CH61 6XN · Wirral
Ages 11–18
- Att843.7
- P80.3
- EM5+38%
- Absence7.6%
2.6 miles away
Upton Hall School FCJ
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Wirral · CH49 6LJ · Wirral
Ages 11–18
- Att868.2
- P80.9
- EM5+90%
- Absence5.4%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Stephen Gray
- Telephone
- 01516252727