Report card · inspected Jul 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 14 July 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 10 May 2023Graded inspection: Good · as Thingwall Primary School, URN 105051
- 9 June 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Thingwall Primary School, URN 105051
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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 entry74 applications · 30 places offered · 37 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Wirral median median 1.8
- 2025 2.3; Wirral median median 1.7
- 2024 2.4; Wirral median median 1.6
- 2023 2.4; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2022 2.3; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 2.1; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.8; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 3.0; Wirral median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Wirral median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Wirral median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Wirral median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Wirral median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Wirral median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wirral median
Dashed bars: as Thingwall Primary School (URN 105051), 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 | 74 | 2.5 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 68 | 2.3 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 * | 27 | 56 | 2.1 | 18 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 83 | 2.8 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 * | 29 | 64 | 2.2 | 24 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 63 | 2.1 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 45 | 1.5 | 15 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 48 | 1.6 | 22 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 56 | 1.9 | 21 | 0.72 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 82% · Writing 82% · Maths 82% → all three 79% 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 | 79% | 14% | 107 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 16% | 110 | 110 |
| 2022/23 | 72% | 10% | 105 | 105 |
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
- Thingwall Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · WirralGood20232.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Wirral20261.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · WirralGood20241.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · WirralSpecial measures Inadequate20231.7applications per place
- 2.1 km · Wirral20251.8applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Wirral20261.1applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Wirral202670%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · WirralOutstanding20232.5applications per place 86%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
- 149933 · 344/2264
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 197 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2023
- Replaced
- Thingwall Primary School (URN 105051)
- Address
- Pensby Road, Thingwall, Wirral, CH61 7UG
- Local authority
- Wirral
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources