St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Prenton, Wirral
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Wirral Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2016–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Paul's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Prenton, Wirral for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2025 entry.
St Paul's Catholic 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 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (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 4th highest.
- For Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 57.6% 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
- Farmfield Drive, Beechwood, Prenton, CH43 7TE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 99 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “This is a small school where every pupil is welcome.”
- “Its Catholic character is visible throughout school life and shapes the open-hearted community that pupils, families and staff experience.”
- “Pupils have warm relationships with staff and with one another.”
To improve
- “Too few pupils achieve as well as they could, particularly in writing and phonics.”
- “While leaders have taken meaningful action in some areas, progress is uneven.”
- “Children in the early years are not as well prepared for Year 1 as they should be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 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) | 53% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Manor Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chapelhill Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Hillside 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Overchurch Infant School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Overchurch Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bidston Avenue Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published