Wirral schools and admissions data

Wirral Borough Council has 101 primary schools and 33 secondary schools. 5% of Wirral's schools are private schools. 66 state schools in Wirral follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 58 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Wirral

  1. Outstanding 28
  2. Good 73
  3. Requires Improvement 19
  4. Inadequate 1

Most popular state schools
in Wirral in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Birkenhead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  2. 2

    Black Horse Hill Infant School

    Community school • West Kirby, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  3. 3

    Greasby Junior School

    Community school • Greasby, Wirral

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Sandbrook Primary School

    Community school • Moreton, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    Manor Primary School

    Community school • Birkenhead, Prenton

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  6. 6

    Leasowe Primary School

    Community school • Leasowe, Wirral

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Woodchurch CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Woodchurch, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    Mendell Primary School

    Community school • Bromborough, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton

    Voluntary aided school • Upton, Wirral

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Mersey Park Primary School

    Community school • Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    Oxton St Saviour's CofE Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Prenton

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Eastway Primary School

    Community school • Moreton, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  13. 13

    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey

    Voluntary aided school • Wallasey

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Grove Street Primary School

    Community school • Grove Street, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  15. 15

    Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Bidston, Birkenhead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  16. 16

    Woodchurch Road Primary School

    Community school • Oxton, Birkenhead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  17. 17

    Fender Primary School

    Community school • Woodchurch, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  18. 18

    St John's Catholic Junior School

    Voluntary aided school • Bebington, Wirral

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Overchurch Junior School

    Community school • Upton, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  20. 20

    Kingsway Primary School

    Community school • Wallasey

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Emslie Morgan Academy

    Academy alternative provision sponsor led • Wallasey

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Wallasey

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Birkenhead Sixth Form College

    Academy 16-19 converter • Claughton, Wirral

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    Birkenhead Park School

    Academy sponsor led • Birkenhead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    St Anselm's College

    Academy converter • Prenton

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    South Wirral High School

    Foundation school • Eastham, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    Meadowside School

    Community special school • Woodchurch, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    Pensby High School

    Foundation school • Heswall, Wirral

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Ridgeway High School

    Foundation school • Noctorum, Prenton

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Co-op Academy Bebington

    Academy sponsor led • Bebington, Wirral

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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