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Best primary schools in Wirral

74 of 92 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Wirral schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

67 of 92 rated Good or Outstanding
7 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 56.0% (best 100.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Thornton Hough Primary School Wirral	100.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
2	Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School Wirral	86.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
3	Brackenwood Junior School Wirral	85.0%	Good	—	approximate
4	Mersey Park Primary School Wirral	83.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
5	Poulton Lancelyn Primary School Wirral	83.0%	Good	about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
6	Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School Wirral	83.0%	Not judged	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
7	Barnston Primary School Wirral	82.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
8	Gayton Primary School Wirral	82.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
9	West Kirby Primary School Wirral	81.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
10	Thingwall Primary School Wirral	79.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
11	Great Meols Primary School Wirral	75.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
12	Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Birkenhead hidden gem	73.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
13	Greasby Junior School Wirral	70.0%	Good	—	approximate
14	Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School Wirral hidden gem	70.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
15	Irby Primary School Wirral	70.0%	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
16	Townfield Primary School Wirral	70.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
17	Brookdale Primary School WIRRAL	69.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
18	Church Drive Primary School Wirral	69.0%	Good	about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
19	Heswall Primary School Wirral	68.0%	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
20	Liscard Primary School Wallasey	68.0%	Good declining	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
21	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead Prenton	68.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
22	Christ The King Catholic Primary School Wirral	67.0%	Good declining	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
23	Ladymount Catholic Primary School Wirral hidden gem	67.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
24	Woodchurch Road Academy Birkenhead	67.0%	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
25	Heygarth Primary School Wirral	65.0%	Good improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
26	Higher Bebington Junior School Wirral	64.0%	Good declining	—	approximate
27	St George's Primary School Wallasey	64.0%	Good	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
28	St Anne's Catholic Primary School Birkenhead	61.0%	Good improving	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
29	St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School Wirral	61.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
30	Lingham Primary School Wirral	60.0%	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
31	New Brighton Primary School Wallasey	58.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
32	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey Wallasey	57.0%	Not judged improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
33	Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School Birkenhead	56.0%	Good	about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
34	Manor Primary School Wirral	56.0%	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
35	Mount Primary School Wirral	56.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
36	Overchurch Junior School Wirral	56.0%	Requires improvement	—	approximate
37	Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Wirral	56.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
38	Somerville Primary School Wallasey	56.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
39	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton Wirral	55.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
40	Leasowe Primary School Wirral	53.0%	Not judged	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
41	Park Primary School Wallasey	53.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
42	Prenton Primary School Prenton	53.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
43	St Paul's Catholic Primary School Prenton	53.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
44	Woodlands Primary School Birkenhead hidden gem	53.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
45	Egremont Primary School Wallasey	52.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
46	Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School Wirral	52.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
47	Stanton Road Primary School Wirral hidden gem	52.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
48	Chapelhill Primary School Wirral	50.0%	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
49	Pensby Primary School Wirral hidden gem	50.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
50	Raeburn Primary School Wirral	50.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
51	Co-op Academy Hillside Prenton	48.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
52	St Peter's Catholic Primary School Prenton	48.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
53	Devonshire Park Primary School Birkenhead	47.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
54	The Priory Parish CofE Primary School Birkenhead	46.0%	Not judged declining	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
55	Co-op Academy Portland Birkenhead	45.0%	Not judged	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
56	St John's Catholic Junior School Wirral	45.0%	Good improving	—	approximate
57	Black Horse Hill Junior School Wirral	44.0%	Good	—	approximate
58	Greenleas Primary School Wallasey	44.0%	Good declining	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
59	St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School Birkenhead	44.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
60	Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary School Wirral	43.0%	Requires improvement declining	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
61	Riverside Primary School Wirral	43.0%	Good improving	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
62	Co-op Academy Woodslee Wirral	41.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
63	Fender Primary School Wirral	41.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
64	Holy Spirit Catholic and Church of England Primary School Wirral hidden gem	41.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
65	Mendell Primary School Wirral	41.0%	Requires improvement	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
66	Bedford Drive Primary School Birkenhead hidden gem	38.0%	Good improving	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
67	Kingsway Primary School Wallasey	37.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
68	Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School Birkenhead	36.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
69	Castleway Primary School Wirral	33.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
70	Grove Street Primary School Wirral	30.0%	Good improving	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
71	Rock Ferry Primary School Birkenhead hidden gem	28.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
72	Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School Prenton	27.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
73	Cathcart Street Primary School Wirral	26.0%	Requires improvement declining	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
74	Eastway Primary School Wirral	21.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate

Also in Wirral

18 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Wirral, not a fairer one.

Avalon School
Bidston Avenue Primary School Ofsted: Good
Black Horse Hill Infant School Ofsted: Good
Brackenwood Infant School Ofsted: Outstanding
Brookhurst Primary School Ofsted: Good
Greasby Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Ofsted: Good
Overchurch Infant School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School
Prenton Preparatory School
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Good
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Not judged
St Andrew's CofE Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
St John's Catholic Infant School Ofsted: Good
Town Lane Infant School Ofsted: Outstanding
Well Lane Primary School Ofsted: Inadequate
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
Woodchurch CofE Primary School Ofsted: Inadequate

Applying in Wirral

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Selective / 11+ test date 2026-09-15 · 2027 entry Wirral grammar schools assessment (Quest Assessments)
Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Common Application Form deadline
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry National Offer Day
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.

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