Primary schools in Wirral

There are 91 primary schools in Wirral, teaching 26,358 pupils. Of the 82 with a score, 22 do better than similar schools elsewhere in England and 45 do worse.

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Pupils from low-income families35%average across these schools

Doing better than similar schools22 of 82scored schools in the top two bands

New-style Ofsted report cards16inspected since November 2025

Good or outstanding (old grades)527 requires improvement or inadequate

Full or nearly full21 of 90schools with 98% or more of places taken

Average class size24.0one-teacher classes, January census

Free breakfast clubs27schools on the government programme

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Primary schools (91)

Ranked by score, highest first. The likely range shows how sure we can be. If two schools' ranges overlap, don't read it as one beating the other. Click a column heading to sort, or hover a row to find it on the map.

#	School	Pupils	Low income	Ofsted	Score	Likely range
1	Thornton Hough Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11	185	6%	Outstanding 2024	99	96 to 100
2	Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11	435	10%	Outstanding 2023	97	94 to 99
3	Town Lane Infant SchoolAcademy · ages 3-7	322	10%	Outstanding 2023	97	92 to 99
4	Gayton Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11	213	3%	Report card 2026	97	93 to 99
5	Brackenwood Infant SchoolCouncil · ages 4-7	155	21%	Outstanding 2023	97	91 to 99
6	Poulton Lancelyn Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11	507	4%	Report card 2026	97	93 to 99
7	Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11	216	3%	No overall grade 2025	95	89 to 98
8	West Kirby Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11	297	14%	Good 2023	89	79 to 94
9	Barnston Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11	299	2%	Report card 2026	89	79 to 94
10	Thingwall Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 4-11	197	9%	Good 2023	87	65 to 96
11	Great Meols Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11	450	5%	Good 2023	79	63 to 88
12	Brackenwood Junior SchoolAcademy · ages 7-11	199	20%	Good 2023	78	63 to 88
13	Birkenhead High School AcademyAcademy · ages 3-19 · Prenton	1,226	20%	Good 2023	77	70 to 83
14	Greasby Infant SchoolCouncil · ages 3-7	196	4%	No overall grade 2024	75	49 to 90
15	Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 2-11	276	4%	Good 2024	74	54 to 86
16	Mersey Park Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11	452	63%	Not inspected	73	53 to 86
17	Irby Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11	249	4%	Good 2023	71	41 to 88
18	Brookdale Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11	239	14%	Good 2022	70	40 to 88
19	Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11	384	17%	Good 2024	69	50 to 82
20	Ladymount Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 2-11	241	7%	Good 2024	68	47 to 83
21	Greasby Junior SchoolAcademy · ages 7-11	247	11%	Report card 2026	66	49 to 79
22	Heswall Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11	257	19%	Good 2022	65	33 to 86
23	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BirkenheadAcademy · ages 4-11 · Prenton	237	18%	Good 2022	64	44 to 80
24	Townfield Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11	487	17%	Good 2023	63	45 to 79
25	St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 2-11	208	40%	Report card 2025	58	35 to 78
26	Liscard Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11 · Wallasey	704	37%	Good 2023	54	37 to 70
27	Woodchurch Road AcademyAcademy · ages 3-11 · Birkenhead	171	55%	Report card 2025	54	28 to 78
28	Church Drive Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11	323	31%	Good 2023	54	32 to 73
29	St John's Catholic Infant SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-7	189	24%	Good 2023	52	25 to 77
30	St George's Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Wallasey	922	17%	Good 2023	51	35 to 67
31	Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 3-11 · Birkenhead	185	82%	Good 2022	44	18 to 74
32	Black Horse Hill Infant SchoolCouncil · ages 3-7	102	22%	Good 2024	41	18 to 70
33	Higher Bebington Junior SchoolCouncil · ages 7-11	361	14%	Good 2023	41	26 to 58
34	Egremont Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11 · Wallasey	275	65%	Report card 2026	39	22 to 60
35	Heygarth Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11	431	27%	Good 2023	39	22 to 59
36	Holy Spirit Catholic and Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England/Roman Catholic · ages 2-11	179	53%	Good 2023	36	17 to 63
37	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School UptonRoman Catholic · ages 4-11	198	25%	Not inspected	35	17 to 60
38	Stanton Road Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 2-11	282	19%	Report card 2026	35	19 to 55
39	St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 2-11 · Birkenhead	247	53%	Not inspected	32	13 to 62
40	Park Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Wallasey	401	57%	Good 2023	31	18 to 51
41	Raeburn Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11	454	10%	Good 2023	30	17 to 49
42	Prenton Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11 · Prenton	393	17%	Report card 2026	29	17 to 47
43	Mendell Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11	133	52%	Not inspected	27	7 to 71
44	Woodlands Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11 · Birkenhead	314	61%	Good 2022	26	13 to 48
45	Somerville Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11 · Wallasey	379	62%	Good 2023	26	15 to 42
46	St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 2-11 · Prenton	216	73%	Good 2022	25	10 to 53
47	Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolCatholic · ages 3-11	273	23%	Good 2023	24	14 to 41
48	Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11	383	19%	Good 2023	24	13 to 41
49	Lingham Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11	270	43%	Report card 2026	22	13 to 39
50	Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 3-11 · Birkenhead	203	57%	Good 2023	21	9 to 48
51	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WallaseyRoman Catholic · ages 2-11 · Wallasey	168	61%	No overall grade 2024	21	10 to 43
52	The Priory Parish CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 2-11 · Birkenhead	179	70%	No overall grade 2025	19	9 to 40
53	Mount Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11	300	18%	Good 2022	19	10 to 35
54	Leasowe Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11	179	74%	No overall grade 2025	19	9 to 38
55	New Brighton Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Wallasey	581	28%	Good 2023	19	11 to 30
56	Riverside Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11	251	76%	Good 2023	19	9 to 38
57	Greenleas Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11 · Wallasey	304	19%	Good 2023	18	9 to 34
58	Co-op Academy PortlandAcademy · ages 3-11 · Birkenhead	227	43%	No overall grade 2025	18	8 to 41
59	Overchurch Infant SchoolCouncil · ages 3-7	269	18%	Report card 2026	18	8 to 40
60	Co-op Academy HillsideAcademy · ages 2-11 · Prenton	177	48%	Report card 2026	18	8 to 38
61	Co-op Academy WoodsleeAcademy · ages 3-11	283	47%	Good 2023	17	8 to 34
62	Pensby Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11	224	16%	Good 2022	16	8 to 33
63	St John's Catholic Junior SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 7-11	239	29%	Good 2023	13	7 to 24
64	Castleway Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11	177	63%	No overall grade 2024	13	5 to 31
65	Bedford Drive Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Birkenhead	406	49%	Good 2022	13	7 to 23
66	Black Horse Hill Junior SchoolAcademy · ages 7-11	169	34%	Good 2022	11	5 to 25
67	St Werburgh's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 2-11 · Birkenhead	210	49%	Good 2023	10	4 to 23
68	Devonshire Park Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 3-11 · Birkenhead	413	44%	Not inspected	10	5 to 18
69	Eastway Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11	256	50%	Good 2022	8	4 to 17
70	Grove Street Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11	312	59%	Good 2022	8	4 to 15
71	Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 2-11 · Birkenhead	436	39%	Good 2022	7	4 to 14
72	St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic · ages 2-11 · Prenton	99	66%	Report card 2026	6	2 to 17
73	Manor Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11	117	68%	Requires improvement 2023	5	2 to 17
74	Overchurch Junior SchoolAcademy · ages 7-11	352	28%	Requires improvement 2021	5	3 to 9
75	Fender Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 4-11	275	61%	Report card 2026	4	2 to 7
76	Rock Ferry Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Birkenhead	301	67%	Good 2020	2	1 to 5
77	Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 2-11 · Prenton	404	65%	Report card 2026	2	1 to 4
78	Cathcart Street Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11	213	82%	Requires improvement 2024	2	1 to 3
79	Kingsway Primary SchoolCouncil · ages 2-11 · Wallasey	151	70%	Report card 2026	1	0 to 3
80	Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary SchoolChurch of England · ages 3-11	72	67%	Requires improvement 2024	1	1 to 3
81	Chapelhill Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11	83	67%	Requires improvement 2020	0	0 to 0
82	Woodchurch CofE Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 4-11	157	41%	Inadequate 2023	0	0 to 0
	Bidston Avenue Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Birkenhead	446	46%	Good 2023	–
	Brookhurst Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11	–	–	Good 2024	–
	Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11	288	17%	Good 2023	–
	Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 4-11 · Prenton	207	11%	Not inspected	–
	SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy · ages 2-11 · Wallasey	263	18%	Good 2023	–
	St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy · ages 4-11 · Wallasey	196	41%	No overall grade 2024	–
	St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 4-11	205	13%	No overall grade 2025	–
	Well Lane Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 3-11 · Birkenhead	187	68%	Inadequate 2023	–
	West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy · ages 4-11	420	4%	No overall grade 2024	–

Primary schools by town in Wirral

Birkenhead14 schools Prenton8 schools Wallasey11 schools Wirral58 schools

Primary schools in nearby areas

Lancashire484 schools Manchester139 schools Liverpool116 schools Cheshire West and Chester129 schools Cumberland145 schools Cheshire East124 schools Westmorland and Furness122 schools Bolton98 schools Wigan99 schools Salford76 schools Stockport85 schools Oldham86 schools

About this list

Schools are listed by their School Chooser Score, highest first. Schools without a score (independent schools and those with too little published data) come after, in alphabetical order. The score compares each school with schools that have a similar mix of pupils, not just with each other, so a school with a lower score in a wealthier area may still have better exam results. How the score works.