Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Academy converter secondary school in Wirral (Wirral).
Attainment 8
70.9
▲ 24.7 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
95.6%
▲ 49pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
95.0%
▲ 3pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
17.2
▲ 0.5 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
10.3%
▼ 17pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
10.6%
▼ 4pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
101%
1,224 / 1,207 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Outstanding
last graded, 2022
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About the school
- URN
- 137171
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (35 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.18 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Matthew Scott Fitch Confirmed same person | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2025 | |
| Mr David Michael Rasores-Parry Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr David Michael Rasores-Parry Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Elected by school staff | since 2024 |
| Mr Stephen Bridge Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Edward William Patrick Howard Arnold Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Edward William Patrick Howard Arnold Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Elected by parents | since 2023 |
| Mrs Natalie Louise Rice Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Natalie Louise Rice Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Elected by parents | since 2023 |
| Mrs Helen Patricia Hill Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Helen Patricia Hill Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 |
| Mrs Valerie Attwood Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Valerie Attwood Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 |
| Mrs Sylvia Elizabeth Reed Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Elected by school staff | since 2022 |
| Mrs Sylvia Elizabeth Reed Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Jennifer Ogunmyiwa Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2022 | |
| Mrs Jennifer Ogunmyiwa Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mrs Jennifer Ogunmyiwa Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mrs Kathryn Elizabeth Spence Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 |
| Mrs Kathryn Spence Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Fiona Barrick Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 |
| Mrs Fiona Barrick Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Suzanne Jacobs Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Suzanne Jacobs Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 |
| Mr Andrew Cooper Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2016 · until 2028 |
| Mr Andrew Cooper Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Elected by parents | since 2016 |
| Mrs Jennifer Schwarz Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2013 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Jennifer Schwarz Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2013 |
| Dr Robert Smith Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2012 · until 2028 |
| Dr Robert Smith Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2012 |
| Mr Stephen Bridge Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Stephen Bridge Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 |
| Mr Geoff Dougherty | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 |
| Mr Nigel Hayward Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 |
| Mr Geoff Dougherty | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Nigel Hayward Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Sylvia Elizabeth Reed Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Kathryn Elizabeth Spence Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Caroline Field Confirmed same person Former | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Caroline Field Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record