Gayton Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Wirral·CH60 8PZ
Composite score
77.8
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#904
National rank
#104
In North West
#7
In Wirral
Top 6%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
82%
% achieving higher RWM
21%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
68%
44 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.47
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
95
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.30
00.511.52
1 per place
n/a20220.9620231.0020241.1720251.472026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Gayton 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
219
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
3.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
3.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,589
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Gayton Primary School at a glance

Located in Wirral, Gayton Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 219 pupils aged 4 to 11. 82% 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 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 6% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 21% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Gayton Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 44 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.4%. There are about 24.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 3% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Gayton 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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