Upton Hall School

If your family wants a girls' grammar education with faith at the centre of it, Upton Hall is one of the names that comes up on the Wirral. It is a Catholic girls' grammar school set in its own grounds at Upton, with a settled, purposeful feel to it. The school grew from a community founded in 1849 by the Faithful Companions of Jesus, the religious order whose initials it still carries, and it works closely with the FCJ Sisters and the Diocese of Shrewsbury to keep that Christian character alive.

Daily life is shaped by the FCJ values of companionship, hope, gentleness, dignity, excellence and justice, and the school is plain that those values underpin the relationships between everyone in its community. Girls join after sitting the entrance test, and Upton Hall carries a long-standing reputation for getting the balance right between academic ambition and a caring community grounded in faith. It draws families from across the Wirral and beyond who want exactly that pairing.

This suits a girl who is academically able and ready for a stretching grammar-school environment, and whose family wants that paired with a strong Catholic ethos and a clear sense of right and wrong. She will value being part of a community with a shared sense of purpose rather than simply chasing results. Led since September 2018 by headteacher Mrs Andrea Gaunt, Upton Hall is a well-regarded choice for an able girl on the Wirral whose parents want faith woven through her school life.