Kingsway Primary School
Ashville Road, Wallasey, CH44 9EF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Holbrook
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 165
- Pupils on roll
- 151
- URN
- 104997
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516385195
About this school
Kingsway Primary School is a community primary school in Wallasey. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 151 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 17% | 37% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 61% | 53% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 39% | 42% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 44% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 97.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.70 | - | - |
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 Kingsway 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 | 44% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 17% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 37% | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 157 |
| 2023/24 | 177 |
| 2024/25 | 167 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kingsway Primary School compares
Kingsway Primary School ranked 68th of 75 primary schools in Wirral for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37% | 12.1% | 72.5% | 151 | — |
| Somerville Primary School | 56% | 7.1% | 56.8% | 379 | 0.2 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey | 57% | 6.6% | 58.3% | 168 | 0.2 miles |
| Riverside Primary School | 43% | 6.4% | 72.6% | 251 | 0.5 miles |
| Egremont Primary School | 52% | 4.8% | 65.1% | 275 | 0.5 miles |
| Park Primary School | 53% | 7.3% | 58.3% | 401 | 0.7 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 February 2026
- 27 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 72.52%
- English as an additional language
- 10.8%
- Overall absence
- 12.14%
- Persistent absence
- 32.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Somerville Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey0.2 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Riverside Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
Egremont Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wallasey
Other schools in Wallasey
Kingsway Primary School ranks 9th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Wallasey.
- Egremont Primary School Primary
- Greenleas Primary School Primary
- Liscard Primary School Primary
- New Brighton 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 year groups does Kingsway Primary School teach?
- Kingsway Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Wallasey.
- Who is the headteacher of Kingsway Primary School?
- The headteacher of Kingsway Primary School is Mrs Helen Holbrook, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kingsway Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingsway 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 big is Kingsway Primary School?
- Kingsway Primary School has 151 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Kingsway Primary School full?
- Kingsway Primary School has capacity for 165 pupils and 151 on roll (92%), 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 Kingsway Primary School a faith school?
- No. Kingsway Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kingsway Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Kingsway Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Kingsway Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 37% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kingsway Primary School rank locally?
- Kingsway Primary School ranked 68th of 75 primary schools in Wirral for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kingsway Primary School's absence rate?
- Kingsway Primary School's overall absence rate is 12.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingsway Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsway 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 15 July 2026.