Church Drive Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Wirral·CH62 5EF
Composite score
56.5
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#4,971
National rank
#654
In North West
#16
In Wirral
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
46 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
1.02
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
81
any preference, for 45 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1820221.1420231.1120241.1620251.022026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Church Drive 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
336
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,183
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Church Drive Primary School at a glance

Located in Wirral, Church Drive Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 336 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 34% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Church Drive Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 46 first choices for 45 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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