Wirral grammar schools & how to get in.
The Wirral, in Merseyside, has 6 grammar schools. Four admit by distance once a child passes the Wirral 11+; two Catholic grammars select on faith and score. This page explains how it works and lets you check your postcode against all 6.
Check your postcode against every Wirral grammar
See your distance to each school, which admit by distance and your eligibility — free, no account needed.
Real, published boundaries and the latest distance cut-offs — not straight-line estimates.
How Wirral grammar admissions work.
Most Wirral grammars share the Wirral 11+ (run by the Wirral grammar schools). Children sit it in the autumn of Year 6; you register over the preceding summer. The two Catholic grammars — Upton Hall and St Anselm’s — run their own faith-based admissions alongside a test.
You then apply through your home council by 31 October; offers go out on 1 March.
Once a child qualifies, what decides a place differs by school.
How places are decided.
4 of the 6 — Calday Grange, West Kirby, and Wirral Grammar for Boys and for Girls — admit the nearest qualifying children by straight-line distance, out to a cut-off that moves each year with demand.
The two Catholic schools (Upton Hall and St Anselm’s) prioritise faith, then rank on score — so for practising-Catholic families they function as super-selective.
For the four distance schools, where you live can decide a place even after a strong score. GrammarBound maps each school’s latest distance — open the map or check your postcode above.
Every Wirral grammar school.
All 6 Wirral grammar schools. Each links to a plain-English admissions guide with that school’s exact criteria and distance rules.