Egremont Primary School
Church Street, Wallasey, CH44 8AF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OAK TREES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Calvin Wilkinson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Oak Trees Multi Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 399
- Pupils on roll
- 275
- URN
- 143502
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01516385406
About this school
Egremont Primary School is a primary academy in Wallasey. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 275 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Egremont Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 42 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 60% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 5% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 76% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 76% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 62% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.30 | - | - |
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 Egremont 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 | 60% | 50.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 53.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 272 |
| 2023/24 | 274 |
| 2024/25 | 289 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Egremont Primary School compares
Egremont Primary School ranked 48th of 75 primary schools in Wirral for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 4.8% | 65.1% | 275 | — |
| Somerville Primary School | 56% | 7.1% | 56.8% | 379 | 0.3 miles |
| Riverside Primary School | 43% | 6.4% | 72.6% | 251 | 0.4 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey | 57% | 6.6% | 58.3% | 168 | 0.4 miles |
| Kingsway Primary School | 37% | 12.1% | 72.5% | 151 | 0.5 miles |
| Liscard Primary School | 68% | 5.7% | 36.5% | 704 | 0.6 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report17 March 2026
- 17 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.1%
- English as an additional language
- 13.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.8%
- Persistent absence
- 15.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Somerville Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Riverside Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wirral
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey0.4 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Kingsway Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wallasey
-
Liscard Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wallasey
Other schools in Wallasey
Egremont Primary School ranks 7th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Wallasey.
- 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
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey Primary
- Somerville Nursery School Nursery
- St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Egremont Primary School teach?
- Egremont Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Wallasey.
- Who is the headteacher of Egremont Primary School?
- The headteacher of Egremont Primary School is Mr Calvin Wilkinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Egremont Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Egremont Primary 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 many pupils are at Egremont Primary School?
- Egremont Primary School has 275 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Egremont Primary School full?
- Egremont Primary School has capacity for 399 pupils and 275 on roll (69%), so it has space against 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 Egremont Primary School a faith school?
- No. Egremont Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Egremont Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Egremont Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Egremont Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Egremont Primary School is part of OAK TREES MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Egremont Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Egremont Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Egremont 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 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Egremont Primary School compare with other schools in Wirral?
- Egremont Primary School ranked 48th of 75 primary schools in Wirral for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Egremont Primary School's absence rate?
- Egremont Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Egremont Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Egremont 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 10 July 2026.