Mersey Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Wirral
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.811 miles
Published by Wirral Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2021–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mersey Park Primary School is a primary school in Wirral for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 January 2025. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Mersey Park 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 | 0.811 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
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 0.811 miles away, the 8th shortest of 19 Wirral primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2025 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024, about the same as in 2023, and the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% 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
- Elm Road, Higher Tranmere, Wirral, CH42 0PH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 452 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 January 2025
Strengths
- “They delight in coming to this happy school each day.”
- “They are greeted by staff every morning with a warm and welcoming smile.”
- “Pupils benefit from strong and supportive relationships with staff and each other.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 February 2025 (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) | 83% | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Well Lane Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Devonshire Park Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodchurch Road Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bedford Drive Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Rock Ferry Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published