New Brighton Primary School
Vaughan Road, Wallasey, CH45 1LH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Mycroft-Armer
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 670
- Pupils on roll
- 581
- URN
- 104992
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516393869
About this school
New Brighton Primary School is a community primary school in Wallasey. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 581 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected New Brighton Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 91 | 91 | 81 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 49% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 70% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 64% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 70% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How New Brighton Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wirral average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 598 |
| 2023/24 | 609 |
| 2024/25 | 586 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How New Brighton Primary School compares
New Brighton Primary School ranked 32nd of 75 primary schools in Wirral for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 6.4% | 29.7% | 581 | — |
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 263 | 0.3 miles |
| Mount Primary School | 56% | 5.5% | 16.2% | 300 | 0.6 miles |
| Liscard Primary School | 68% | 5.7% | 36.5% | 704 | 0.7 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 196 | 1.1 miles |
| St George's Primary School | 64% | 4.3% | 18.1% | 922 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.66%
- English as an additional language
- 2.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.36%
- Persistent absence
- 19.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Mount Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
Liscard Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
St George's Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Wallasey
Other schools in Wallasey
New Brighton Primary School ranks 3rd of the 9 ranked primary schools in Wallasey.
- Egremont Primary School Primary
- Greenleas Primary School Primary
- Kingsway Primary School Primary
- Liscard Primary School Primary
- Park Primary School Primary
- Somerville Primary School Primary
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St George's Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey Primary
- Somerville Nursery School Nursery
- St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does New Brighton Primary School teach?
- New Brighton Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Wallasey.
- Who is the headteacher of New Brighton Primary School?
- The headteacher of New Brighton Primary School is Mr Daniel Mycroft-Armer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has New Brighton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected New Brighton Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at New Brighton Primary School?
- New Brighton Primary School has 581 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is New Brighton Primary School full?
- New Brighton Primary School has capacity for 670 pupils and 581 on roll (87%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is New Brighton Primary School a faith school?
- No. New Brighton Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does New Brighton Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records New Brighton Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does New Brighton Primary School have?
- The schools register lists New Brighton Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have New Brighton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does New Brighton Primary School compare with other schools in Wirral?
- New Brighton Primary School ranked 32nd of 75 primary schools in Wirral for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is New Brighton Primary School's absence rate?
- New Brighton Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are New Brighton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, New Brighton Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.