West Kirby Grammar School

Pretty good school. I just started but, our form teacher is pretty nice. The food is a bit overpriced though. They say they want us to be the best but idk if that is true. I mean, lessons are straightforward and kinda easy and hard. In maths, English, and history it's a pretty short lesson (which I like) and rlly good!! There r LOADS of vegan options which r perfect for me!! The food is rlly good especially the vegan doughnuts and jam crossaints. Trust me when I say they r delicious. Some of the teachers r strict but that's what they have to be. Also NO CHEWING GUM IN CLASS. or going on ur phones. Or ur getting shouted at! However, such a great school! Would definitely recommend going to this school if u pass 11 plus!

Very good school, and amazing thing to do there

Absolute madness at this place. Headteacher is not too bad but you'll never speak to him anyway. Lots of the teachers are crazy and unhelpful. The pastoral/ wellbeing support couldn't be worse. Had to wait 6 months alone for 6 weeks of counselling. The wellbeing manager is just insanely bad. She doesn't give one. The uniform is so strict. Days too long. None of the computers, keyboards or printers work. Toilets don't have proper doors anymore because of vaping which is a pain. A lot less than you would expect for a grammar school. Most of the maths teachers are phsycos or creeps, except for a few. Science is even worse. Most of the work is easy enough. Don't know if I recommend. There's a library? The house point/reward system is ignored. House events are a pain. Holes in the ceiling. Honestly it is my idea of hell but worse. Teachers either say nothing or waffle. The students are barely considered. Don't go to house assemblies there a waste of time. Can't remember my last school trip. Chemistry is just painful.

Headteacher is well receptive and totally on it with student views, all round great guy not going to lie. Most teachers will set homework which they failed to get through in the lesson- whether it be because they planned too much or they didn't properly control student and decided to take it out on the class. This added so much more pressure oh my god. They think that our school lives revolve around that subject, but when we say we prioritise other subjects more, they throw a fit, which is not helpful in the slightest. The mental health support system is the worst. The school enforces is ridiculous and stupid rules on us way too harshly, which can lead to effects on learning. The pressure of having to do at least 9 gcses in a grammar school is really quite terrifying (although I believe that's changed for younger years now, as I am in yr 11).

There are a wide range of extra curricular activities and house events. Some teachers are wonderful and really engage with you, some are just plain horrible and nasty and just cannot teach us.

The curriculum is lowkey very sexist, as we go into so much depth in textiles and food and nutrition, however we don't go into nearly enough detail in DT, or not to the same extent as the boys grammar school does. In PE, we do netball and trampolining, however not basketball or rugby. Don't even get me started on the own clothes day restrictions. (Expressing yourself in a way that makes you gain self confidence within school? Nope, that will cause the grown adult sixth form males on the school premises to lose concentration.)

Not enough revision support as the teachers just assume everyone revises in the same way.

This was meant to be a pros and cons review, but I've just realised how terrible my school is lol.

the only good thing about this school is some of the teachers are dead funny. don’t expect good support if you are disabled, are LGBTQ+ (especially if you’re transgender), or have mental health issues. the mental health specialist is not good at what she does tbh, and far too much pressure is put on students to succeed. also the food was so expensive when i was there like i am not paying £1.50 for some lentil chips thank you. 🙄🙄 so yeah long story short don’t come here i did not have a good time at all.

It’s not bad overall, but because they expect everyone to be well behaved those who aren’t aren’t monitored very well so bathrooms etc are always a state; new stalls were recently added though which are nice at least for now. Teachers are on a whole amazing though, but because the school is a grammar they expect everyone to achieve high so they give little help, making many struggle.

The more I reflect on the school in comparison to the school I moved to, the worse I realise it is. The teachers leave students to do the work as they know that they are high achievers and will do double to work if needed to get a high grade, making them lazy and rude. Many teachers raise hopes and fail to achieve them, not just a few subjects but multiple. The mental health work there is inadequate, with 2 assembly’s a year on what to do to if stressed with the same information every year, which yet to their belief is pure and utter nonsense. Many teachers have been there for many years as well, causing them to teach in an outdated method and causing higher stress among students. As it is a grammar school also, many people are high achievers and want to do particularly well, making classes have high pressures and a support system not designed to manage this. Some teachers are great bear in mind, but predominantly I have been disappointed over the years. The headteacher is great and as he is new to the position I hope he does more about changing staffing. Sport and PE is also particularly awful, obviously favouring about 20 people a year and the rest are useless at sport. Sixth formers are treated as year 7s and patronised at every turn.