Eastway Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Wirral
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wirral Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2021–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eastway Primary School is a primary school in Wirral for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Eastway 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 21% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2025, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 3 earlier years.
- 47.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 62.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral.
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
- Rossall Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 8TA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 256 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils said that they feel incredibly welcome at Eastway Primary School.”
- “This includes all pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils explained that the school is a caring and supportive learning community.”
To improve
- “Despite the overall strengths of the curriculum, in one or two subjects, leaders are currently refining what pupils need to learn in key stages 1 and 2.”
- “In these subjects, some aspects of pupils’ learning are not delivered in the most logical order.”
- “Occasionally, this hinders how well some pupils learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2022 (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) | 21% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chapelhill Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lingham Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Castleway Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leasowe Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Overchurch Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published