Woodchurch Road Primary School
Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, CH42 9LJ
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Woodchurch Road Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Juliet Birch
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 497
- Pupils on roll
- 279
- URN
- 105047
- Local authority
- Wirral
About this school
Woodchurch Road Primary School was a community primary school in Birkenhead. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 279 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Woodchurch Road 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 | 56 | 48 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 54% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -3.00 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.60 | - |
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 Woodchurch Road 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 | 46% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Woodchurch Road Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.7% | 44.8% | 279 | — |
| Woodchurch Road Academy | 67% | 8.3% | 58.3% | 171 | 0.0 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead | 68% | 5.7% | 17% | 237 | 0.3 miles |
| Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School | 56% | 7% | 59.6% | 203 | 0.4 miles |
| Devonshire Park Primary School | 47% | 7.4% | 40.1% | 413 | 0.4 miles |
| Mersey Park Primary School | 83% | 6.3% | 65% | 452 | 0.5 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)
- 44.8%
- English as an additional language
- 7.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.7%
- Persistent absence
- 20.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodchurch Road Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Birkenhead
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead0.3 miles
Primary · Prenton
-
Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Birkenhead
-
Devonshire Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Birkenhead
-
Mersey Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wirral
Other schools in Birkenhead
- Bedford Drive Primary School Primary
- Bidston Avenue Primary School Primary
- Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Co-op Academy Portland Primary
- Devonshire Park Primary School Primary
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primary
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Rock Ferry Primary School Primary
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Priory Parish CofE Primary School Primary
- Well Lane Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodchurch Road Primary School teach?
- Woodchurch Road Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Birkenhead.
- Has Woodchurch Road Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Woodchurch Road 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 Woodchurch Road Primary School?
- Woodchurch Road Primary School had 279 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Woodchurch Road Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Woodchurch Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodchurch Road 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 30 September 2023.