Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Motto Latin: Monumentum aere perennius
("A monument more lasting than bronze", from Horace's Poem 3:30)
Established 1931
Type Grammar school;
Academy
Headteacher Mrs Elaine Cogan
Location Heath Road
Bebington
Merseyside
CH63 3AF
England
53°20′55″N 3°00′52″W / 53.3485°N 3.0145°W / 53.3485; -3.0145Coordinates: 53°20′55″N 3°00′52″W / 53.3485°N 3.0145°W / 53.3485; -3.0145
DfE URN 137171 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1068
Gender Girls
Ages 11–18
Houses 6
Colours Blue
Website www.wirralgirls.co.uk

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

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 Academies Trust and has received an Ofsted rating of 'Outstanding' in every department.[1]

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.[2]

Notable former pupils

Former head girl Alison McGovern in 1998, now Labour MP for Wirral South since 2010

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wirral Grammar School for Girls - Inspection report", Ofsted 29 January 2008.
  2. ↑ "BBC News - Secondary school league tables in Wirral". BBC.co.uk. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2017-02-09.

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