Manor Primary School
Beechwood Drive, Birkenhead, Prenton, CH43 7ZU
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Manor Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Lightwing
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- URN
- 105041
- Local authority
- Wirral
About this school
Manor Primary School was a community primary school in Prenton. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 138 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Manor 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 | 18 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 39% | 30% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 39% | 37% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 44% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.80 | - |
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 Manor 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 | 39% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 30% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Manor Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.3% | 54.3% | 138 | — |
| Manor Primary School | 56% | 6.7% | 60.9% | 117 | 0.0 miles |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School | 53% | 7.6% | 67.5% | 99 | 0.2 miles |
| Co-op Academy Hillside | 48% | 6.5% | 50% | 177 | 0.6 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 48% | 8.3% | 72% | 216 | 0.7 miles |
| Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School | 27% | 6.9% | 68.4% | 404 | 0.8 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)
- 54.3%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 7.3%
- Persistent absence
- 25.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Manor Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
St Paul's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Prenton
-
Co-op Academy Hillside0.6 miles
Primary · Prenton
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Prenton
-
Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Prenton
Other schools in Prenton
- Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Co-op Academy Hillside Primary
- Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School Primary
- Prenton Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead Primary
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Ridgeway High School Secondary
- St Anselm's College Secondary
- Birkenhead High School Academy All-through
- The Observatory School Special schools
- Birkenhead School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Manor Primary School teach?
- Manor Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Prenton.
- Has Manor Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Manor 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 many pupils are at Manor Primary School?
- Manor Primary School had 138 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Manor Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 39% in 2022/23 and 30% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Manor Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Manor 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.