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Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Wirral

Thurstaston Road, Wirral, CH60 4SA

Website 01513422556

67

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

95.3%

7.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

276

Capacity used

Has space

86%

320 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

23 of 23 families who put it first got an offer

29

Places offered

52

Total applications

1.8

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference2323● 100%
2nd preference164● 25%
3rd preference130● 0%
Total522752%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Wirral lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Dave Wallace
Address
Thurstaston Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 4SA
Phone
01513422556
Local authority
Wirral
Ward / constituency
Heswall · Wirral West
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
105079

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals4%——
English as additional language1%——
SEN support5%——
51% boys (142)49% girls (134)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

276 pupils · 320 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    15 February 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 230 pupils

Attendance

95.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.8%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

7.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.4%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

0.8%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

3%
20/21
13%
21/22
13%
22/23
6%
23/24
7%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths67%——
Higher standard7%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard70%
+8% vs England
Higher standard8%
+0% vs England

Reading

Expected standard95%
+20% vs England
Higher standard57%
+24% vs England
Average score110
+4 vs England

Writing

Expected standard76%
+4% vs England
Greater depth8%
-5% vs England

Maths

Expected standard84%
+10% vs England
Higher standard41%
+15% vs England
Average score107
+2 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard84%
+11% vs England
Higher standard43%
+13% vs England
Average score107
+2 vs England

Science

Expected standard89%
+7% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

632019772023672024702025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)70%61%
Higher standard8%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Wirral council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.