Fender Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Fender Primary School is a primary school in Wirral for ages 4–11 (community school). Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Fender 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, 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 7 schools (this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral that have results), its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the lowest.
- For Reception 2026 there were 42 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 61.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 41.3% 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
- New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 275 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Fender benefit from a warm and personalised welcome from the moment they arrive at school in the morning.”
- “They enjoy the positive relationships they have with staff.”
- “Pupils are safe and they know they can discuss any worries they may have with staff in school.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils struggle to attend daily.”
- “This means that they miss out on the positive learning experiences in school.”
- “However, due to weaknesses in the previous curriculum, some Year 6 pupils have not attained as well as others nationally in the reading, writing and mathematics tests and assessments.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 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) | 41% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 42 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.
- Woodchurch CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Hillside 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Townfield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Manor Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Overchurch Infant School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published