Chapelhill Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Wirral·CH46 9PS
Composite score
32.5
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#12,879
National rank
#1944
In North West
#63
In Wirral
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
5 first choices, 6 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
9
any preference, for 6 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.8920241.0020250.832026

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

Every child who put Chapelhill 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
88
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
63.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
33.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
39.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
12.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£13,349
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Chapelhill Primary School is a primary school serving Wirral, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 88 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Chapelhill Primary School 'Requires improvement'. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). 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 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Chapelhill Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 6 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 12.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 64% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Chapelhill Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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