School admissions in Wirral

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

51 schools. 11 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Brookdale Primary SchoolWIRRAL	1.63	30
Gayton Primary SchoolWirral	1.47	30
Eastway Primary SchoolWirral	1.30	30
Thingwall Primary SchoolWirral	1.23	30
Thornton Hough Primary SchoolWirral	1.22	27
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolWirral	1.18	60
Mersey Park Primary SchoolWirral	1.17	60
Poulton Lancelyn Primary SchoolWirral	1.10	61
Heswall Primary SchoolWirral	1.03	30
Irby Primary SchoolWirral	1.03	30
Church Drive Primary SchoolWirral	1.02	45
Black Horse Hill Infant SchoolWirral	1.00	26
Mendell Primary SchoolWirral	1.00	18
Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary SchoolWirral	1.00	5
St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolWirral	1.00	20
Heygarth Primary SchoolWirral	0.98	41
Town Lane Infant SchoolWirral	0.97	80
Co-op Academy WoodsleeWirral	0.97	35
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary SchoolWirral	0.97	60
Grove Street Primary SchoolWirral	0.97	29
Castleway Primary SchoolWirral	0.96	26
Great Meols Primary SchoolWirral	0.96	49
St John's Catholic Infant SchoolWirral	0.96	49
Barnston Primary SchoolWirral	0.96	45
West Kirby Primary SchoolWirral	0.96	45
Fender Primary SchoolWirral	0.95	44
Riverside Primary SchoolWirral	0.95	22
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolWirral	0.95	21
Greasby Infant SchoolWirral	0.95	60
Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolWirral	0.95	60
Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolWirral	0.95	39
Mount Primary SchoolWirral	0.94	32
Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolWirral	0.93	45
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolWirral	0.93	29
Townfield Primary SchoolWirral	0.92	53
Brackenwood Infant SchoolWirral	0.92	48
Raeburn Primary SchoolWirral	0.91	55
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School UptonWirral	0.90	30
Cathcart Street Primary SchoolWirral	0.90	29
Holy Spirit Catholic and Church of England Primary SchoolWirral	0.89	19
Stanton Road Primary SchoolWirral	0.89	27
Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary SchoolWirral	0.88	24
Leasowe Primary SchoolWirral	0.86	14
Chapelhill Primary SchoolWirral	0.83	6
Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolWirral	0.83	30
Lingham Primary SchoolWirral	0.82	28
Overchurch Infant SchoolWirral	0.81	89
Ladymount Catholic Primary SchoolWirral	0.80	30
Pensby Primary SchoolWirral	0.80	30
Woodchurch CofE Primary SchoolWirral	0.78	18
Manor Primary SchoolWirral	0.73	11

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

11 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Co-op Academy BebingtonWirral	1.19	177
Wirral Grammar School for BoysWirral	1.14	167
Wirral Grammar School for GirlsWirral	1.12	178
Calday Grange Grammar SchoolWirral	1.10	202
Upton Hall School FCJWirral	1.06	156
Hilbre High SchoolWirral	1.02	178
Woodchurch High SchoolWirral	0.98	253
Pensby High SchoolWirral	0.95	173
West Kirby Grammar SchoolWirral	0.95	172
St John Plessington Catholic CollegeWirral	0.94	207
South Wirral High SchoolWirral	0.92	178