Pensby Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Pensby Primary School is a primary school in Wirral for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 July 2022. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Pensby 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, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 30 offers (0.8 per offer, the 4th lowest of 83 Wirral primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025, though places ran out in 1 of the 2 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Free school meal eligibility is 15.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 4% 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
- Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5UE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils in this school community are encouraged to achieve, believe in themselves and feel that they belong.”
- “This is championed by all staff who prioritise warm, nurturing relationships.”
- “Pupils benefit from staff and leaders who know them very well.”
To improve
- “At times, pupils do not remember the basic knowledge taught in lessons, which leads to gaps in their learning.”
- “Therefore, some pupils have not always achieved as well as they could.”
- “Some older pupils do not achieve as well.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 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) | 50% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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.
- Ladymount Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Heswall Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thingwall Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Irby Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barnston Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gayton Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published