Rock Ferry Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Rock Ferry Primary School is a primary school in Birkenhead, Wirral for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Wirral has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Rock Ferry 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
- 62.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 49.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wirral.
- For Reception 2026 there were 26 first-choice applications for 32 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 28% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest Wirral primaries that have results.
- In 2024/25, 0% of pupils reached the higher standard (England 8%) and 28% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
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
- Ionic Street, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 2BL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Wirral
- Pupils on roll
- 301 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 62.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 28% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 26 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.
- Well Lane Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mersey Park Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bedford Drive Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- Grove Street Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Devonshire Park Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published