Wirral Grammar School for Girls is an all-girls

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on the

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, England.

Admissions

It is located in

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, next door to

Wirral Grammar School for Boys Wirral Grammar School for Boys is an 11–18 boys State school, maintained Selective school, selective grammar school founded in 1931. It is situated on a site to the west of Port Sunlight at Cross Lane, Bebington, on the Wirral Peninsula in En ...

. The school consists of lower school (ages 11–16) and

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(ages 17–18), and entrance for Year 7 is by the 11-plus examination. Those wishing to join the Sixth Form can do so by meeting the GCSE grade requirements and applying through the school website. To join the Sixth Form, you do not have to have previously passed the 11+ examination. Jenny Ogunmyiwa has been

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since September 2022. Wirral Grammar School for Girls has been designated as a "high performing school" by the Specialist Schools Academies Trust and has received an

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rating of 'Outstanding' in every department."Wirral Grammar School for Girls - Inspection report"

31 January 2023.

History

The school was founded in 1931. It was known as the Wirral County Grammar School for Girls until the late 1990s, being administered by

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before 1974, then by

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. 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.

Notable former pupils

* Anne Baker, historian * Jean Boht, actress *

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, actress * Amy Robbins, actress

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