Thingwall Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Wirral·CH61 7UG
Composite score
67.7
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#2,123
National rank
#251
In North West
#10
In Wirral
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
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
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
76%
37 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.23
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
74
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20231.1020241.1720251.232026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Thingwall 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
201
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,483
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Thingwall Primary School

Thingwall Primary School is a primary school in Wirral, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 201 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 79% 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 fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Thingwall Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 37 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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