Wirral School Catchment Areas

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.