Hillside Primary School
Ridgeview Road, Prenton, CH43 9HG
This school is closed (it closed in April 2023).
It was replaced by Co-op Academy Hillside. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynsey Thompson-Broom
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 260
- Pupils on roll
- 182
- URN
- 131587
- Local authority
- Wirral
About this school
Hillside Primary School was a community primary school in Prenton. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 182 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hillside Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1998, 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 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 36% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 39% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.80 |
| Writing progress | -5.70 |
| Maths progress | -6.70 |
How Hillside Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 46.1% | 182 | — |
| Co-op Academy Hillside | 48% | 6.5% | 50% | 177 | 0.0 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 48% | 8.3% | 72% | 216 | 0.2 miles |
| Manor Primary School | 56% | 6.7% | 60.9% | 117 | 0.6 miles |
| Fender Primary School | 41% | 11.1% | 62.1% | 275 | 0.7 miles |
| Townfield Primary School | 70% | 4.2% | 15.8% | 487 | 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)
- 46.1%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 19.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Co-op Academy Hillside0.0 miles
Primary · Prenton
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Prenton
-
Manor Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
Fender Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
Townfield Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wirral
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 Hillside Primary School teach?
- Hillside Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Prenton.
- Has Hillside Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hillside 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 Hillside Primary School?
- Hillside Primary School had 182 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- What are Hillside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hillside 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 12 September 2023.