West Kirby Primary School

Community school·Primary school Wirral·CH48 5EQ
Composite score
79.5
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National rank
#91
In North West
#6
In Wirral
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
81%
% achieving higher RWM
23%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
43 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 45 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7920220.7220231.0020241.0020250.962026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for West Kirby Primary School yet. Wirral does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
304
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,902
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About West Kirby Primary School

West Kirby Primary School is a primary school in Wirral, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 304 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 81% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 23% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 98% of the families who made West Kirby Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 3.6%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. West Kirby Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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