Bidston Avenue Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Birkenhead, CH41 0DQ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Gautby Road, Bidston, Birkenhead, CH41 7DU
Local ranking33rd of 81 primary schools in Wirral
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 20 October 2022.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 73.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 15
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 181
- Boys
- 95 (51%)
- Girls
- 90 (49%)
- Capacity
- 210 (88% full)
- SEND
- 30.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 81.6%
- EAL
- 21.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 28.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 12.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,599/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- 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: 74.0%
- White Other: 6.1%
- Black African: 5.0%
- Asian Other: 3.9%
- Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.7%
74.0%
White British
6.1%
White Other
5.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Gautby Road
Birkenhead, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105087
- UKPRN
- 10070790
- Establishment No.
- 3368
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