Academy sponsor led · Wirral

Woodchurch Road Academy

3–11Ages
171Pupils
PrimaryPhase
150119URN

99 Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Woodchurch Road Academy, Birkenhead, CH42 9LJ

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.2per place

0.5 above Wirral median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Wirral

47 applications for 21 places · 15th of 74 in Wirral

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

67%met the expected standard

Wirral 56% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 25 November 2025Published 1 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected 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

25 November 2025
Report card · 7 Expected standard
26 April 2022
Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Woodchurch Road Primary School, URN 105047

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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 entry

2.2applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Wirral median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

47 applications · 21 places offered · 16 named it first

2026 2.2; Wirral median median 1.8
2025 2.2; Wirral median median 1.7
2024 1.0; Wirral median median 1.6
2023 1.4; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
2022 1.4; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
2021 1.4; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
2020 1.4; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
2019 1.8; Wirral median median 1.7; as the previous school
2018 1.6; Wirral median median 1.8; as the previous school
2017 1.3; Wirral median median 1.7; as the previous school
2016 1.8; 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 Woodchurch Road Primary School (URN 105047), 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	21	47	2.2	16	0.76
Sep 2025	12	26	2.2	9	0.75
Sep 2024	17	17	1.0	8	0.47
Sep 2023 *	28	39	1.4	23	0.82
Sep 2022 *	30	41	1.4	29	0.97
Sep 2021 *	32	46	1.4	28	0.88
Sep 2020 *	42	57	1.4	36	0.86
Sep 2019 *	34	60	1.8	28	0.82
Sep 2018 *	51	79	1.6	47	0.92
Sep 2017 *	74	95	1.3	61	0.82
Sep 2016 *	71	128	1.8	66	0.93
Sep 2015 *	77	119	1.6	54	0.70
Sep 2014 *	70	134	1.9	50	0.71

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 72% · Maths 72% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard67%22nd of 74 in Wirral

Wirral 56% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard74%

Wirral 74% England 78%

Higher standard49%

Wirral 27% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard72%

Wirral 68% England 75%

Greater depth2%

Wirral 6% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard72%

Wirral 70% England 77%

Higher standard37%

Wirral 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Wirral median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	67%	2%	107	105
2023/24
2022/23

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

Woodchurch Road AcademyThis school
This school

2025

2.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead
0.4 km · Wirral

Good2022

3.0applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School
0.6 km · Wirral

Good2023

1.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Devonshire Park Primary School
0.6 km · Wirral

Standards maintained2024

2.1applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
0.8 km · Wirral

Good2023

1.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Mersey Park Primary School
0.9 km · Wirral

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School
0.9 km · Wirral

Some aspects not as strong2024

2.8applications per place
Woodlands Primary School
1.0 km · Wirral

2026

1.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Well Lane Primary School
1.3 km · Wirral

Special measures Inadequate2023

1.6applications per place

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 sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 150119 · 344/2007
Trust: Expedition Schools
Capacity: 497 pupils · 171 on roll
Free school meals: 54.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2023
Replaced: Woodchurch Road Primary School (URN 105047)
Address: 99 Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Woodchurch Road Academy, Birkenhead, CH42 9LJ
Local authority: Wirral

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources