Brackenwood Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · 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 🔒
Brackenwood Infant School is a primary school in Wirral for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Brackenwood Infant 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
- Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding (15 November 2023); of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral, 5 are Good and 1 is Outstanding.
- Every applicant for Reception 2025 was offered a place, but places ran out in 2 of the 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 44 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 21.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19.6% 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
- Pulford Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2HN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils said that their school is an incredibly welcoming place to learn.”
- “They are happy in school and build fond memories with their friends.”
- “Pupils are happy and proud to attend such an exceptional school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 44 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.
- Brackenwood Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Town Lane Infant School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stanton Road Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Higher Bebington Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- St John's Catholic Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Church Drive Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published