St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Wallasey, 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 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey is a primary school in Wallasey, Wirral for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey 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, 57% 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%).
- For 2026 Reception entry, there were 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 17th highest of 83 Wirral primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 60.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 61.5% 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
- Wheatland Lane, Wallasey, CH44 7ED
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 168 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this nurturing school.”
- “Children in the early years, along with pupils who are new to school, are given a warm welcome.”
- “They settle into school life quickly.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, in a couple of areas, the school does not identify pupils’ misconceptions as quickly as they could be.”
- “This means that from time-to-time, gaps in learning go unaddressed.”
- “In 2023, the proportion of pupils who met the expected standards in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of Year 6 was below the national average.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 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) | 57% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Kingsway Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Riverside Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Somerville Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Egremont Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Liscard Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published