The best 10 state secondary schools in Wirral as revealed in The Telegraph's 2025 GCSE league table

The Telegraph’s league table sees secondary schools ranked according to 10 separate criteria, which add up to a maximum score of 40. The newspaper says these are “designed to highlight a range of key data points, measuring key academic, behavioural and organisational performance”.

Using data for the 2023/24 academic year, the points are awarded as follows:

• English Baccalaureate scores (5 points)
• Attainment 8 scores (5 points)
• Progress 8 score (5 points)
• Disadvantaged pupils score (4 points)
• Comparison with local authority (4 points)
• Pupil destinations (5 points)
• Entries options (3 points)
• Oversubscribed schools (3 points)
• Class size (3 points)
• Truancy (3 points)

Almost 3,500 state sector secondary schools in England feature in the league table - including those in Wirral and Merseyside - with just five schools across the country receiving the full 40 points.

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We have taken a look at the ten best state secondary schools on the Wirral that received scores of 25/40 or higher.

Take a look at the gallery below and see how your child’s school fared.