Co-op Academy Portland
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Birkenhead, 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 🔒
Co-op Academy Portland is a primary school in Birkenhead, Wirral for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 23 April 2025. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Co-op Academy Portland 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 42.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 70.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025; for Reception 2026, its 1.0 first choices per offer was the 13th highest of 83 Wirral primary schools.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Laird Street, Claughton, Birkenhead, CH41 0AB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 23 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this welcoming school.”
- “They benefit from the many opportunities that they receive.”
- “Pupils appreciate being part of an inclusive community where they can be themselves.”
To improve
- “However, the effectiveness of this curriculum is not reflected in the 2024 published data.”
- “By the end of Year 6, pupils’ attainment in reading, writing and mathematics was significantly below the national average.”
- “In addition, the previous curriculums did not help pupils to learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2025 (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) | 45% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Bidston Avenue Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Priory Parish CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Park Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cathcart Street Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manor Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published