St George's Primary School
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Community school in Wallasey, CH45 3NF, taking ages 3 to 11, 922 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at St George's Primary School lived 5.419 miles away, according to Wirral. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.
The circle is 5.419 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| How full | 922 pupils in 920 places (100% full) |
| Local authority | Wirral |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Meeting the expected standard | 64.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 64.0% |
| 2023/24 | 68.0% |
| 2022/23 | 76.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to St George's Primary School
| Girls and boys | 48.6% girls, 51.4% boys |
| English as an additional language | 1.5% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 16.7% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of St George's Primary School
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 5.419 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is CH41 at £85,000; the dearest, CH49, £254,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH41 | Wirral | 2.3 mi | £85,000 66 sales |
| L2 | Liverpool | 3.2 mi | £85,000 30 sales |
| CH25 | Wirral | 2.8 mi | £87,000 22 sales |
| L3 | Liverpool | 3.4 mi | £97,500 60 sales |
| CH44 | Wirral | 1.2 mi | £135,000 155 sales |
| CH27 | Wirral | 1.1 mi | £150,000 130 sales |
| CH46 | Wirral | 2.4 mi | £160,000 67 sales |
| CH43 | Wirral | 2.7 mi | £191,000 101 sales |
| CH30 | Wirral | 3.4 mi | £200,000 115 sales |
| CH28 | Wirral | 2.6 mi | £210,000 79 sales |
| CH45 | Wirral | 0.6 mi | £230,000 88 sales |
| CH49 | Wirral | 3.4 mi | £254,000 132 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing St George's Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around CH45: ages, selection, and how full each one is →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for St George's Primary School?
St George's Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 5.419 miles away, per Wirral.
How close do I need to live to get a place at St George's Primary School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 5.419 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 100% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near St George's Primary School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Wirral school's distance
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How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →
Admission distance published by Wirral. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.