Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Wirral
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 18 December 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Gayton Primary School, URN 105034
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry95 applications · 30 places offered · 44 named it first
- 2026 3.2; Wirral median median 1.8
- 2025 2.4; Wirral median median 1.7
- 2024 2.0; Wirral median median 1.6
- 2023 2.4; Wirral median median 1.6
- 2022 2.7; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 2.6; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.9; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; Wirral median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.7; Wirral median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.9; Wirral median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 3.7; Wirral median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 4.0; Wirral median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 3.3; Wirral median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wirral median
Dashed bars: as Gayton Primary School (URN 105034), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 95 | 3.2 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 71 | 2.4 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 27 | 53 | 2.0 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 27 | 64 | 2.4 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 * | 29 | 78 | 2.7 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 31 | 81 | 2.6 | 38 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 * | 28 | 80 | 2.9 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 29 | 66 | 2.3 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 81 | 2.7 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 86 | 2.9 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 111 | 3.7 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 119 | 4.0 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 36 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 94% · Writing 91% · Maths 85% → all three 82% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Wirral median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 82% | 21% | 110 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 23% | 108 | 109 |
| 2022/23 | 67% | 15% | 108 | 109 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Gayton Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.2applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · WirralRemains Good20242.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Wirral20262.2applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · WirralRemains Good20222.6applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Wirral20261.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · WirralGood20241.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Cheshire West and ChesterRemains Good20242.1applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · WirralOutstanding20242.9applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · Wirral20262.5applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149493 · 344/2238
- Trust
- Expedition Schools
- Capacity
- 255 pupils · 213 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2023
- Replaced
- Gayton Primary School (URN 105034)
- Address
- Gayton Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 8PZ
- Local authority
- Wirral
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources