Birkenhead School

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Birkenhead School is an independent, selective, co-educational school located in Oxton on the Wirral Peninsula in the north west of England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.OverviewThe school is subdivided into Nursery Department, Pre-Prep, Preparatory, "Overdale" Senior School . Entrance is via the Prep School, by open competitive examination at 11, by Common Entrance at 13, or by interview at the sixth-form level. The school offers some assistance with fees to pupils who would not otherwise be able to take up a place at the school through a bursary scheme financed by the Birkenhead School Foundation Trust. This charity was established in 1998 and is currently supporting about sixty pupils in the school. A few scholarships are also awarded, based principally on academic ability, but occasionally as a result of exceptional sporting or musical potential. These give a fixed reduction in fee, independent of the parents’ financial circumstances. The school no longer has boarders.The current headmaster is Paul Vicars who started in September 2016. Previous headmasters include David Edmunds, John Clark, Stuart Haggett, John Gwilliam, Kenneth "KD" Robinson and Warin Foster Bushell .