Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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
2021–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School is a primary school in Prenton, Wirral for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) 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
- Ofsted's inspection on 12 May 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 12 September 2023, was Requires improvement.
- In 2024/25, 27% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025; for Reception 2026 there were 36 first-choice applications for 38 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 20.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.1 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
- Ballantyne Drive, Bidston, Prenton, CH43 7XG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this friendly school, where warm and respectful relationships help them feel safe and valued.”
- “They say that everyone is welcome.”
- “Pupils trust adults to support them with their learning and wellbeing, which helps them feel that they belong.”
To improve
- “Even so, pupils' achievement over time has not been secure enough.”
- “Older pupils, who did not benefit from this curriculum earlier on in their schooling, still have gaps in their basic skills, and this slows their progress.”
- “Too many pupils do not attend school often enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 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) | 27% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 36 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 Paul's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leasowe Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Chapelhill Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manor Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Spirit Catholic and Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Castleway Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published