Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Wirral
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 11 July 2023Graded inspection: Good · as Irby Primary School, URN 105025
- 22 September 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) · as Irby Primary School, URN 105025
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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 entry63 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Wirral median median 1.8
- 2025 2.1; Wirral median median 1.7
- 2024 2.8; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.7; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2022 3.4; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 2.6; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 3.7; Wirral median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 3.2; Wirral median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 3.1; Wirral median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.9; Wirral median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 2.7; Wirral median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.3; Wirral median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Wirral median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Wirral median
Dashed bars: as Irby Primary School (URN 105025), 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 | 63 | 2.1 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 63 | 2.1 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 81 | 2.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 103 | 3.4 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 112 | 3.7 | 52 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 96 | 3.2 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 86 | 2.9 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 69 | 2.3 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 60 | 2.0 | 29 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 91% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% → all three 70% 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 | 70% | 6% | 107 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 66% | 9% | 106 | 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
- Irby Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Wirral20262.5applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · WirralGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Wirral202670%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · WirralOutstanding20232.5applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · WirralGood20241.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Wirral20261.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · WirralGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place
- 2.3 km · WirralSpecial measures Inadequate20231.7applications 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 150558 · 344/2224
- Capacity
- 220 pupils · 249 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2024
- Replaced
- Irby Primary School (URN 105025)
- Address
- Coombe Road, Irby, Wirral, CH61 4UR
- Local authority
- Wirral
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources