North West
Primary schools in Wirral
134 schools, 50,355 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 37.4.
Ofsted across Wirral
Good61
Outstanding9
Requires improvement8
Inadequate2
No overall grade54
80 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 54 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Wirral
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton Hough Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Outstanding 2024 | 100% |
| Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Outstanding 2023 | 86% |
| Brackenwood Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2023 | 85% |
| Mersey Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | No grade | 83% |
| Poulton Lancelyn Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | 83% |
| Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | 83% |
| Barnston Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | No grade | 82% |
| Gayton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | 82% |
| West Kirby Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2023 | 81% |
| Thingwall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2023 | 79% |
| Great Meols Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2023 | 75% |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Birkenhead | Good 2022 | 73% |
| Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wirral | Good 2024 | 70% |
| Townfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2023 | 70% |
| Greasby Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | 70% |
| Irby Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2023 | 70% |
| Church Drive Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2023 | 69% |
| Brookdale Primary SchoolAcademy converter | WIRRAL | Good 2022 | 69% |
| Liscard Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wallasey | Good 2023 | 68% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BirkenheadAcademy sponsor led | Prenton | Good 2022 | 68% |
| Heswall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2022 | 68% |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wirral | Good 2024 | 67% |
| Ladymount Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wirral | Good 2024 | 67% |
| Woodchurch Road AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Birkenhead | No grade | 67% |
| Heygarth Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2023 | 65% |
| St George's Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wallasey | Good 2023 | 64% |
| Higher Bebington Junior SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2023 | 64% |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Birkenhead | No grade | 61% |
| St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wirral | No grade | 61% |
| Lingham Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Requires improvement 2024 | 60% |
| New Brighton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wallasey | Good 2023 | 58% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WallaseyVoluntary aided school | Wallasey | No grade | 57% |
| Mount Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2022 | 56% |
| Somerville Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wallasey | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Birkenhead | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wirral | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Manor Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Requires improvement 2023 | 56% |
| Overchurch Junior SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Wirral | Requires improvement 2021 | 56% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School UptonVoluntary aided school | Wirral | No grade | 55% |
| Prenton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Prenton | No grade | 53% |
| Woodlands Primary SchoolCommunity school | Birkenhead | Good 2022 | 53% |
| Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wallasey | Good 2023 | 53% |
| Leasowe Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | No grade | 53% |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Prenton | No grade | 53% |
| Egremont Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wallasey | No grade | 52% |
| Stanton Road Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | 52% |
| Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2023 | 52% |
| Raeburn Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2023 | 50% |
| Pensby Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2022 | 50% |
| Chapelhill Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Wirral | Requires improvement 2020 | 50% |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Prenton | Good 2022 | 48% |
| Co-op Academy HillsideAcademy converter | Prenton | No grade | 48% |
| Devonshire Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Birkenhead | No grade | 47% |
| The Priory Parish CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Birkenhead | No grade | 46% |
| St John's Catholic Junior SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wirral | Good 2023 | 45% |
| Co-op Academy PortlandAcademy sponsor led | Birkenhead | No grade | 45% |
| Greenleas Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wallasey | Good 2023 | 44% |
| St Werburgh's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Birkenhead | Good 2023 | 44% |
| Black Horse Hill Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2022 | 44% |
| Riverside Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2023 | 43% |
| Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Wirral | Requires improvement 2024 | 43% |
| Fender Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2022 | 41% |
| Holy Spirit Catholic and Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wirral | Good 2023 | 41% |
| Co-op Academy WoodsleeAcademy sponsor led | Wirral | Good 2023 | 41% |
| Mendell Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | 41% |
| Bedford Drive Primary SchoolCommunity school | Birkenhead | Good 2022 | 38% |
| Kingsway Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wallasey | No grade | 37% |
| Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Birkenhead | Good 2022 | 36% |
| Castleway Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | No grade | 33% |
| Grove Street Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2022 | 30% |
| Rock Ferry Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Birkenhead | Good 2020 | 28% |
| Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Prenton | No grade | 27% |
| Cathcart Street Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Requires improvement 2024 | 26% |
| Eastway Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2022 | 21% |
| Brackenwood Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Greasby Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | No grade | — |
| Black Horse Hill Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | Good 2024 | — |
| Overchurch Infant SchoolCommunity school | Wirral | No grade | — |
| St John's Catholic Infant SchoolVoluntary aided school | Wirral | Good 2023 | — |
| Town Lane Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Wallasey | No grade | — |
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Wallasey | Good 2023 | — |
| Woodchurch CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Wirral | Inadequate 2023 | — |
| Bidston Avenue Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Birkenhead | Good 2023 | — |
| Well Lane Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Birkenhead | Inadequate 2023 | — |
| Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Prenton | No grade | — |
| West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | — |
| Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2023 | — |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | No grade | — |
| Brookhurst Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wirral | Good 2024 | — |