Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School is a primary school in Wirral for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 20 May 2025. Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Thurstaston Dawpool CofE 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, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 83% was the 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral that have results.
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025, but places ran out in 2 of the 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
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
- School Lane, Thurstaston, Wirral, CH61 0HH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 20 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “Strong, respectful relationships permeate throughout the school.”
- “Pupils are delightful to talk to.”
To improve
- “What pupils should learn and when they should learn it is not clearly defined.”
- “In addition, while the checks that the school makes on pupils’ learning are well established in many subjects, they are less clear in some others.”
- “On occasion, the school is not aware that some aspects of the curriculum are not covered as intended.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 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) | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 21 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.
- Irby Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greasby Junior School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Greasby Infant School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ladymount Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Pensby Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thingwall Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brookdale Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published