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Wirral School Catchment Areas

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Wirral coordinates admissions across 90 primary and 19 secondary schools, with oversubscription criteria applied consistently across the authority.

Expect the tightest competition in and around Wirral and Birkenhead, where popular primaries are regularly oversubscribed and last-distance-offered figures can shrink to a few hundred metres.

Selective schools are part of the mix in Wirral - for those applying to grammar schools, a selective admissions test is required in addition to the standard admissions process.

137 total 90 primary 19 secondary 9 areas

Based on the latest published capacity data, 33 of the 137 schools in Wirral are at or above their admission number, so catchment distance is decisive at those schools. Wirral has 7 selective schools that admit by entrance test rather than distance. 36 schools apply faith-based criteria alongside catchment distance. Of the 62 Wirral schools with a current Ofsted rating, 48 are rated Good or Outstanding.

Wirral Catchment Area Documents

Official admissions policies and catchment boundary maps for Wirral schools are published annually.

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Schools in Wirral

78 schools

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Schools in Wallasey

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Schools in Prenton

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Schools in Other

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