Poulton Lancelyn Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Wirral
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.876 miles
Published by Wirral Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2021–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Poulton Lancelyn Primary School is a primary school in Wirral for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Poulton Lancelyn 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 | 2.876 mi |
| 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
- 3.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral.
- In 2025 the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.876 miles away, the 2nd longest of the 19 Wirral primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 67 first-choice applications for 61 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 27% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Venables Drive, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 9LY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 507 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Poulton Lancelyn are aspirational.”
- “From the 2-year-old provision to Year 6, they arrive at school each day with an eagerness and enthusiasm to learn.”
- “Pupils, including those who face barriers to their learning, consistently live up to, or exceed, the high expectations that leaders set for what they should achieve.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, some of the tasks set by staff do not provide sufficient challenge for pupils.”
- “As a result, a minority of pupils do not make the progress that they are capable of.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 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) | 83% | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 61 offers in total, 58 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.
- Stanton Road Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Woodslee 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Brackenwood Infant School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brackenwood Junior School 1.1 mi Good
- Mendell Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Church Drive Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Raeburn Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published