School admissions in Wallasey
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
11 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 1.07 | 30 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey | 1.00 | 14 |
| St George's Primary School | 0.99 | 117 |
| Liscard Primary School | 0.99 | 90 |
| New Brighton Primary School | 0.97 | 77 |
| Greenleas Primary School | 0.97 | 37 |
| Kingsway Primary School | 0.93 | 14 |
| Park Primary School | 0.93 | 41 |
| Somerville Primary School | 0.93 | 41 |
| Egremont Primary School | 0.91 | 33 |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 0.88 | 8 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
4 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Weatherhead High School | 1.05 | 259 |
| The Mosslands School | 0.96 | 138 |
| St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 0.95 | 168 |
| The Oldershaw School | 0.80 | 102 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.