Gayton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Wirral
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.258 miles
Published by Wirral Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2021–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gayton 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.
Gayton 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 | 1.258 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
- Reception 2026 drew 44 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 1.5 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 83 Wirral primary schools.
- All 30 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (32%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.258 miles away, the 7th longest of 19 Wirral primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% 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
- Gayton Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 8PZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Gayton Primary School enter each day into a warm, nurturing and highly inclusive environment where they feel safe, valued and known as individuals.”
- “The school’s strong family ethos is tangible from the moment pupils arrive.”
- “Staff welcome every child personally, setting a positive tone that reinforces a deep sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “Leaders and those responsible for governance should continue to sustain the high effectiveness of their work across all areas.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 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) | 82% | 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: 44 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.
- Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barnston Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heswall Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pensby Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ladymount Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornton Hough Primary School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Thingwall Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Irby Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published