The Priory Parish CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Birkenhead, CH41 4HS
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Cathcart Street Primary School
Dover Close, Wirral, CH41 3JY
Local ranking72nd of 81 primary schools in Wirral
Ofsted: Needs attentionUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
274
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 7 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 26.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 55.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 48.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 32.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 35.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 95.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 97.0
- Cohort Size
- 31
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 224
- Boys
- 120 (56%)
- Girls
- 93 (44%)
- Capacity
- 274 (78% full)
- SEND
- 28.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 78.1%
- EAL
- 24.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 26.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,489/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 69.5%
- Other: 12.1%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Asian Indian: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
69.5%
White British
12.1%
Other
3.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Dover Close
Wirral, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105048
- UKPRN
- 10078454
- Establishment No.
- 2261
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