Elleray Park School
Elleray Park Road, Wallasey, CH45 0LH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare McGuinness
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 222
- URN
- 105132
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516393594
About this school
Elleray Park School is a community special school in Wallasey. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 222 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 20 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 94.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -9.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | - | - | - |
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 Elleray Park 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 | 0% | 52% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 212 |
| 2024/25 | 215 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.28%
- English as an additional language
- 7.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.33%
- Persistent absence
- 28.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Edstart Schools Wirral0.9 miles
Special schools · Wallasey
-
The Observatory School2.2 miles
Special schools · Prenton
-
Kilgarth School2.2 miles
Special schools · Birkenhead
-
Wirral Hospitals' School2.4 miles
Academies · Wirral
-
IMPACT Northwest Schools2.6 miles
Special schools · Birkenhead
Other schools in Wallasey
- Edstart Schools Wirral Special schools
- Somerville Nursery School Nursery
- Egremont Primary School Primary
- Greenleas Primary School Primary
- Kingsway 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Elleray Park School teach?
- Elleray Park School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a special school in Wallasey.
- Who is the headteacher of Elleray Park School?
- The headteacher of Elleray Park School is Mrs Clare McGuinness, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Elleray Park School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Elleray Park 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 Elleray Park School?
- Elleray Park School has 222 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Elleray Park School full?
- Elleray Park School has capacity for 210 pupils and 222 on roll (106%), so it is at or above 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 Elleray Park School a faith school?
- No. Elleray Park School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Elleray Park School have?
- The schools register lists Elleray Park School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Elleray Park School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Elleray Park School's absence rate?
- Elleray Park School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Elleray Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Elleray Park 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 29 June 2026.