Prenton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Prenton, Wirral
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.697 miles
Published by Wirral Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2021–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Prenton Primary School is a primary school in Prenton, Wirral for ages 4–11 (community school). Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Prenton Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 2.697 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 2.697 miles away, the 3rd longest of 19 Wirral primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- The 2025 Reception figure was further from the school than in 2024 and 2023, and the longest of the 3 years with a published distance; it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wirral schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bramwell Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0RQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 393 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel genuinely valued at Prenton Primary School.”
- “A sense of belonging helps them enjoy coming to school each day.”
- “Pupils attend regularly and arrive on time, ready to make the most of the day ahead.”
To improve
- “Many pupils achieve at the higher standard in reading and mathematics, although this is not the case in writing.”
- “Historically, the school's writing results were below national figures.”
- “While there is scope for pupils' access to activities to be extended further, overall, pupils benefit from a rich programme of activities.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Wirral.
- Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Townfield Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Devonshire Park Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodchurch Road Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bedford Drive Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Higher Bebington Junior School 1.3 mi Good