Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Birkenhead, 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 🔒
Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School is a primary school in Birkenhead, Wirral for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 November 2023. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Birkenhead Christ Church CofE 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception entry in 2026, there were 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 8th highest of 83 Wirral primary schools.
- For Reception entry in 2026, 29 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Mount Grove, Birkenhead, CH41 2UJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, take pride in belonging to this nurturing and caring school.”
- “New arrivals, many of whom are new to the country, are welcomed warmly.”
- “They settle quickly and become valued members of the school community.”
To improve
- “By the end of Year 6, some pupils do not achieve as well as others nationally.”
- “They did not have enough time to make up for lost learning.”
- “Even so, some older pupils find it harder to remember their earlier learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 March 2024 (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) | 56% | 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: 33 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.
- St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodchurch Road Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mersey Park Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Devonshire Park Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Priory Parish CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cathcart Street Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published