School Summary

West Kirby Grammar School


Boys: 44
Girls: 1224
Total Pupils: 1268
Opened: 01-08-2011
Ofsted: Good
Headteacher: Simeon Clarke
West Kirby Grammar School
Graham Road
Wirral
Merseyside
CH48 5DP
Telephone: 01516323449
Website: http://www.wkgs.org

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AdministrativeWard (name): Hoylake and Meols
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): Merseyside
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DistrictAdministrative (name): Wirral
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Easting: 321261
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EstablishmentName: West Kirby Grammar School
EstablishmentNumber: 4056
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HeadFirstName: Simeon
HeadLastName: Clarke
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LastChangedDate: 05-06-2023
Locality: West Kirby
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NumberOfBoys: 44
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OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
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OfstedLastInsp: 03-11-2022
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OpenDate: 01-08-2011
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PercentageFSM: 4.80
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 18
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Graham Road
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TelephoneNum: 01516323449
Town: Wirral
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 5
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a single-academy trust
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UPRN: 42046463
URN: 137243
UrbanRural (code): A1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":2,"text":{"text":"just left after 7 years and it wasn't that good. a few tips if you decide to go here: don't do a level product design you won't get help with it and you have to teach yourself theory, i was only told a day before the deadline that i had to print the 45 colour a3 pages which would've cost almost \u00c2\u00a310. avoid mrs duffey at all costs she will shout at you for 10 minutes if you wear a short skirt i speak from experience if you run before she sees you you'll be fine. this school has a horrible rewards system you might get a house point if you're lucky but they're mostly forgotten, they don't get you anything anyway so it doesn't really matter. you will get in trouble for the stupidest things here unless you're a boy in 6th form then they will turn a blind eye. they will also collectively punish a whole year group for something one person who isn't even in that year group did. school trips are pretty decent though and the psychology teachers are very cool some teachers are cool shoutout to mr young but others will yell at you for everything (looking at mr allport who full on smacked a seagull one time). also the library computers are slower than your grandma at the end of a marathon and are really crusty plus if you wanna print something you'll be waiting for like 20 minutes behind a teacher printing about 40 sheets.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"just left after 7 years and it wasn't that good. a few tips if you decide to go here: don't do a level product design you won't get help with it and you have to teach yourself theory, i was only told a day before the deadline that i had to print the 45 colour a3 pages which would've cost almost \u00c2\u00a310. avoid mrs duffey at all costs she will shout at you for 10 minutes if you wear a short skirt i speak from experience if you run before she sees you you'll be fine. this school has a horrible rewards system you might get a house point if you're lucky but they're mostly forgotten, they don't get you anything anyway so it doesn't really matter. you will get in trouble for the stupidest things here unless you're a boy in 6th form then they will turn a blind eye. they will also collectively punish a whole year group for something one person who isn't even in that year group did. school trips are pretty decent though and the psychology teachers are very cool some teachers are cool shoutout to mr young but others will yell at you for everything (looking at mr allport who full on smacked a seagull one time). also the library computers are slower than your grandma at the end of a marathon and are really crusty plus if you wanna print something you'll be waiting for like 20 minutes behind a teacher printing about 40 sheets.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Farah Boo","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102454231069236561835\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjWKn2YSaQIJuB1mk10Tyu9itxNOsMb3hAVkbuZU3qpn-Ntz=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-05-19T22:35:32Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":3,"text":{"text":"It's ok but the pupils there? Most of them are absolute tea towels, and not gonna lie they didn't need to spend a load of money on putting Apple computers in the infrequently used music rooms, and instead the money could be used to improve the older computers in the actual computer rooms, or maybe even be used to save up for some solar panels which can be used to light the constant light-using classrooms.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"It's ok but the pupils there? Most of them are absolute tea towels, and not gonna lie they didn't need to spend a load of money on putting Apple computers in the infrequently used music rooms, and instead the money could be used to improve the older computers in the actual computer rooms, or maybe even be used to save up for some solar panels which can be used to light the constant light-using classrooms.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"mouthwashs0da","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/106004800177623937462\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjV2xcCEDxnGN2BEIOZ_iwFMw-Iqob0nq7xIlObdUWIxUIw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-12-26T19:30:18Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"This Institution is the perfect place to indoctrinate the school system of today, thus fourth this school is the best in the whole of the United Kingdom If not the world, God save the Queen.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This Institution is the perfect place to indoctrinate the school system of today, thus fourth this school is the best in the whole of the United Kingdom If not the world, God save the Queen.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Niall Newman","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/101120802870177264288\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXDC4FoGxbUcAjXiVZdKfQGw4FDe2dJLFn_U9g45xew0IEd=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba2"},"publishTime":"2021-05-18T09:16:41Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"11 months ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Great school my daughter in yr8 is very happy","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Great school my daughter in yr8 is very happy","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Alaa abuhaija","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112945074766648484030\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVnXHyBtp7VZqW5-k1cKlvJilsccdFqo_seG42VtmBNyYg=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4"},"publishTime":"2022-10-09T22:04:20Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"I love this school. (Chelise if you are reading this hi! Miss u)","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I love this school. (Chelise if you are reading this hi! Miss u)","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Khadija Naseer","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/108629968625170416845\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJzXeB9cwvLMFGad72J_Kr03S_bwRnymuJEZrRCVfBejQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-10-23T16:37:32Z"}]