Location The main school is located on Grammar School Lane, West Kirby, close to the '''
Wirral's'
Dee Estuary coastline. Students travel primarily from the Wirral, Cheshire and North Wales areas. The site is occupied by all-weather courts, fields and ten school buildings:Formerly:'' E Block (E) – Classrooms and offices. Replaced by Twist Centre due to presence of asbestos.
Sports Facilities In addition to the school field, swimming pool, sports hall and
fitness suite within the main school grounds, Calday’s Glasspool Field, located on nearby Telegraph Road, offers three
rugby union pitches,
cricket field, athletics facilities,
artificial turf hockey pitch and
tennis courts. Formerly known as Paton Field, Glasspool Field was renamed in line with the removal of
Paton House from the
house system.
Academic achievement In 2019 the school was inspected and judged 'Good' repeating the judgement of
Ofsted from inspections in 2016 and 2010. In 2015 96% of the year group achieved 5 GCSE passes at grades A* to C with 96.2% gaining at 5 A* to C grades including English and Maths. Four students achieved 10 or more A* grades. In 2015 Calday School had an A level pass rate of 99.2% at A*-E grades.
Extracurricular activities The school is ranked 7th for state school sporting achievement. The top state schools were revealed in the November 2019 edition of School Sport magazine and it places the school in the top 1% of schools in the country for sporting outcomes. The school has maintained a
Combined Cadet Force since 1916, when a unit of the Officers' Training Corps was first formed. Volunteering opportunities for students include the
Refilwe Community Project in
South Africa which the school has been involved in for over 10 years. Students have also been involved with various independent
entrepreneurial pursuits.{{cite news | work=Liverpool Daily Post | date = 3 December 2007 |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/12/03/calday-grange-students-to-open-own-art-gallery-64375-20194424/ | first = Liam | last = Murphy Students can choose to take part in the
Duke of Edinburgh Award, as well as other enrichment activities and clubs including Fencing, Cooking, Robotics and Classics.
School houses The school has three
houses named after past benefactors and headmasters. Members of each house are identified by different coloured stripes on the school tie from years 7 to 11. – Bennett; named after Thomas Bennett, benefactor of the school in 1676. – Glegg; named after
William Glegg, founder of the school in 1636. – Hollowell; named after Rev. William Hollowell, former headmaster 1891–1920. There was a fourth house, Paton, named after Sir Alfred Paton. It was taken out of the house system in the 1990s for simplicity in form-group allocation. ==Notable former students==