Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Wirral·CH46 0PB
Composite score
40.8
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National rank
#1577
In North West
#43
In Wirral
Top 72%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
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
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
57 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
113
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.9420231.1120240.9720250.952026

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

Every child who put Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
390
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,400
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Wirral, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 390 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 57 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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