Schools in Wirral
Wirral has 79 schools including 58 primaries and 11 secondaries, administered by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. The Wirral Peninsula's schools serve a diverse mix of coastal and suburban communities from West Kirby to Birkenhead. Wirral Grammar Schools (Boys and Girls) are the only selective schools in the borough and admit on the basis of the Wirral Selection Test - applying separately from the council's non-selective round.
Non-selective secondary demand on the Wirral is highest in Bebington, Heswall and West Kirby, where schools have seen year-on-year application growth driven by housing market pressure. Wirral coordinates admissions for community schools through a single published round, with all primary oversubscription settled by straight-line distance after siblings and special needs.
School demand in Wirral
Across the 69 schools in Wirral with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 21 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
20 schools in Wirral have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
39 of the schools in Wirral are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Wirral, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
37 of the schools in Wirral have a current Ofsted rating, of which 30 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Wirral: 15 oversubscribed (58)
Mount Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH45 5HU
Riverside Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH44 6QW
Eastway Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH46 8TA
Castleway Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH46 1RN
Lingham Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH46 7UQ
Higher Bebington Junior School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH63 8QE
Grove Street Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH62 5BA
Thornton Hough Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH63 1JJ
Brookhurst Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH63 0EH
Raeburn Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH62 6BD
Brackenwood Infant School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH63 2HN
Greasby Infant School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH49 3NX
West Kirby Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH48 5EQ
Black Horse Hill Infant School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH48 6DR
Barnston Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH60 1XW
Fender Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH49 8HB
Mersey Park Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH42 0PH
Overchurch Infant School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH49 4NS
Cathcart Street Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH41 3JY
Leasowe Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH46 1RU
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wirral · CH49 6LL
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wirral · CH46 8UG
Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wirral · CH60 4SA
St John's Catholic Junior School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wirral · CH63 7LH
Christ The King Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wirral · CH62 6AE
St John's Catholic Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wirral · CH63 7LH
Ladymount Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wirral · CH61 5YD
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wirral · CH49 5LE
Heygarth Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH62 8AG
Pensby Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wirral · CH61 5UE
Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Wirral · CH62 9EB
Holy Spirit Catholic and Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wirral · CH46 2RP
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH49 1RE
Townfield Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH43 2LH
Town Lane Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH63 8LD
Great Meols Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH47 7AP
Poulton Lancelyn Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH63 9LY
Stanton Road Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH63 3HW
Church Drive Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH62 5EF
Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH46 0PB
Co-op Academy Woodslee
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wirral · CH62 2BP
Brackenwood Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH63 2HH
Gayton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH60 8PZ
Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH61 0HH
Greasby Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH49 3AR
Mendell Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH62 7HN
Heswall Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH60 7SD
Manor Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH43 7ZU
Thingwall Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH61 7UG
Chapelhill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wirral · CH46 9PS
Overchurch Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wirral · CH49 4NS
Irby Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH61 4UR
Black Horse Hill Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH48 6DR
Brookdale Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
WIRRAL · CH49 1SE
Woodchurch CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Wirral · CH49 7LS
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH48 3JT
Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH47 3BH
St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH63 7NL
Secondary Schools in Wirral (11)
Pensby High School
Secondary · Foundation school
Wirral · CH61 6XN
Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH63 3AF
West Kirby Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH48 5DP
Wirral Grammar School for Boys
Secondary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH63 3AQ
Upton Hall School FCJ
Secondary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH49 6LJ
Hilbre High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH48 6EQ
Woodchurch High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH49 7NG
St John Plessington Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH63 7LF
Calday Grange Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH48 8GG
Co-op Academy Bebington
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Wirral · CH63 2PS
South Wirral High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Wirral · CH62 8EH
Other Schools in Wirral (10)
Castleway Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Wirral · CH46 1RN
Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Wirral · CH49 8HB
Avalon School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Wirral · CH48 2HE
Hayfield School
Not applicable · Community special school
Wirral · CH49 4LN
Meadowside School
Not applicable · Community special school
Wirral · CH49 5LA
West Kirby School and College
Not applicable · Non-maintained special school
Wirral · CH48 5DH
Stanley School
Not applicable · Community special school
Wirral · CH61 5UE
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
All through · Academy 16-19 converter
Wirral · CH43 8SQ
Wirral Hospitals' School
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter
Wirral · CH41 0EZ
Orrets Meadow School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Wirral · CH46 9QQ
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Wirral are set by Wirral and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.