Heswall Primary School
Whitfield Lane, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 7SD
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Heswall Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Lawrenson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 213
- URN
- 105038
- Local authority
- Wirral
About this school
Heswall Primary School was a community primary school in Wirral. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 213 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Heswall Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 37 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.10 | - |
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 Heswall 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 | 59% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Heswall Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 67% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.3% | 20.2% | 213 | — |
| Heswall Primary School | 68% | 4.6% | 18.7% | 257 | 0.0 miles |
| Pensby Primary School | 50% | 4.8% | 14.6% | 224 | 0.7 miles |
| Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School | 70% | 4.8% | 4% | 276 | 0.7 miles |
| Ladymount Catholic Primary School | 67% | 4.1% | 9.6% | 241 | 0.8 miles |
| Barnston Primary School | 82% | 3% | 2.7% | 299 | 0.9 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)
- 20.2%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.3%
- Persistent absence
- 11.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heswall Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wirral
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Pensby Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wirral
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Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
Ladymount Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wirral
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Barnston Primary School0.9 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 Heswall Primary School teach?
- Heswall Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Wirral.
- Has Heswall Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Heswall 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 Heswall Primary School?
- Heswall Primary School had 213 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Heswall Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Heswall Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heswall 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.