Wirral Grammar School for Boys 11+ admissions

Address

Cross Lane, Wirral, North West, CH63 3AQ

Year 7 admission

Boys for Year 7 admission

School type

Fully selective state school

Funding

State-funded

Day or boarding

Day school

Religion or denomination

GIAS records no applicable religious character.

Published admission number

170

September 2027 entry

Academically selected places

170

September 2027 entry

Preferences per offer

The current DfE applications and offers release has not yet been joined to this record.

Assessment provider

Wirral Local Authority

Wirral Local Authority is verified for the linked assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.

• Wirral Grammar Schools 11 PlusLocal authority selection test

  Provider

  Wirral Local Authority

  Delivery

  Two papers in the autumn term of Year 6 at assessment venues

  The two age-standardised test scores are combined into a final weighted score; children reaching the required grammar-school standard are eligible for consideration, subject to each school's oversubscription criteria.

  Official registration page

Eligibility

Boys who attain the required standard in the Wirral Local Authority selection assessment and are age 11 on entry.

Score policy

The assessment score is adjusted for the child's exact age; the policy requires the Wirral grammar-school standard and allows the first priority category to include scores up to five marks below the eligible score. No numeric eligible score is published.

Oversubscription

Up to 30 places for qualifying looked-after or previously looked-after children or children with Student or Service Premium; valid medical reason; siblings; children of staff; then shortest distance from home to school measured by Wirral Local Authority.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

• Verbal reasoning
• Mathematics
• Non-verbal reasoning

These stages are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment stages.

1. 1. Selective assessment

   Registered pupils sit the Wirral non-denominational grammar-school assessment for September 2027 entry.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.

Test date

GIAS does not publish the current test dates.

CAF deadline

GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.

National Offer Day

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

Fee per term

This is a state-funded school.

Fee per year

This is a state-funded school.

Published fee context

This is a state-funded school.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

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1. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.

2. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.

3. Secondary education information for parents: Allocation of places

   Wirral Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

4. Secondary education information for parents: Wirral Secondary Schools

   Wirral Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

5. Admissions 2027-2028

   Wirral Grammar School for Boys. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.