Co-op Academy Hillside
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Prenton, 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 Hillside is a primary school in Prenton, Wirral for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Co-op Academy Hillside 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2025, as at 64 of the 83 other Wirral primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 10 first-choice applications for 11 offers, which is 0.9 first choices per offer, the 24th lowest of 83 Wirral primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 48% 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
- Ridgeview Road, Prenton, CH43 9HG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 177 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), feel happy and safe at this calm, supportive school.”
- “They have a proper chance to feel that they belong, some for the first time in their education.”
- “Leaders and staff act to help pupils to successfully overcome challenges in their lives.”
To improve
- “Published information about pupils’ writing skills is below average.”
- “Nevertheless, on occasion, in a few other subjects, pupils do not remember some key information that they have learned previously.”
- “Pupils’ attendance is below average, but for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities it is average.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 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) | 48% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 10 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.
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fender Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Townfield Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bidston Avenue Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published