Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wirral for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 February 2024. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Heswall St Peter's 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
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral.
- For Reception 2026 there were 25 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 3.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 6.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral.
- It has 21.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24.6 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
- Thurstaston Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 4SA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 276 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this caring school community.”
- “They are supported to build firm foundations which enable them to be ‘shining bright’ during their time at school.”
- “Older pupils act as welcoming buddies to younger children when they join the school.”
To improve
- “Nonetheless, the improved curriculums in these subjects have only recently been introduced.”
- “This means that some older pupils have not benefited from these improved curriculums over time.”
- “These pupils have gaps in aspects of their knowledge in a few subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 70% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 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.
- Gayton Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heswall Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barnston Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ladymount Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Pensby Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thingwall Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Irby Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published