Primary schools in Birkenhead
14 primary schools in Birkenhead, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Birkenhead in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 14 schools in Birkenhead first 420 times for 443 places: 0.95 first choices per place, against 0.98 across the Wirral authority's 84 schools. 3 of the 14 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 3 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.45 miles (Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School) to 1.26 miles (Bidston Avenue Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Bedford Drive Primary School
- Bidston Avenue Primary School
- Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School
- Co-op Academy Portland
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School
- Rock Ferry Primary School
- St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
- The Priory Parish CofE Primary School
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School
- Woodchurch Road Academy
- Woodlands Primary School
- Well Lane Primary School
- Devonshire Park Primary School
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Browse by authority: Wirral · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.