Sandbrook Primary School
Stavordale Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 9PS
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Chapelhill Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Claire Temple
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 82
- URN
- 105003
- Local authority
- Wirral
About this school
Sandbrook Primary School was a community primary school in Wirral. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 82 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Sandbrook Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 41% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - |
| Writing progress | -5.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - |
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 Sandbrook 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 | 18% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Sandbrook Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.5% | 58.1% | 82 | — |
| Chapelhill Primary School | 50% | 9.3% | 63.9% | 83 | 0.0 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | 56% | 6.1% | 26.2% | 273 | 0.4 miles |
| Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School | 52% | 4.7% | 20.5% | 383 | 0.5 miles |
| Eastway Primary School | 21% | 6.1% | 55.1% | 256 | 0.5 miles |
| Overchurch Infant School | — | 5.9% | 19.6% | 269 | 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.1%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.5%
- Persistent absence
- 28.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Chapelhill Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
Eastway Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
Overchurch Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Wirral
Other schools in Wirral
- Barnston Primary School Primary
- Black Horse Hill Infant School Primary
- Black Horse Hill Junior School Primary
- Brackenwood Infant School Primary
- Brackenwood Junior School Primary
- Brookdale Primary School Primary
- Brookhurst Primary School Primary
- Castleway Primary School Primary
- Cathcart Street Primary School Primary
- Chapelhill Primary School Primary
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School Primary
- Church Drive Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sandbrook Primary School teach?
- Sandbrook Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Wirral.
- Has Sandbrook Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Sandbrook Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Sandbrook Primary School?
- Sandbrook Primary School had 82 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Sandbrook Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 18% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Sandbrook Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sandbrook 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 31 December 2023.