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Brookhurst Primary School

Academy converter in Wirral, CH63 0EH, taking ages 3 to 11.

Good Ofsted, Mar 2024
1.1 mi Admitted from, 2025/26

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.1 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 1.1 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Brookhurst Primary School: 1.1 miles, 2025/26 Church Drive Primary School: 0.95 miles, 2025/26, published by Wirral

This is not a catchment area. 1.1 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Brookhurst Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Wirral. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Wirral, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Brookhurst Primary School and Church Drive Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Church Drive Primary School admitted from 0.95 miles in 2025/26, published by Wirral. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.1 and 0.95 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Wirral, 107 of 477 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (22.4%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Brookhurst Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Poulton Lancelyn Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.88 mi 2025/26 1.4 mi
Church Drive Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.95 mi 2025/26 2.5 mi
Little Sutton C of E Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.48 mi 2025/26 2.7 mi
Neston High School Secondary No limit 2025/26 3.1 mi
Sutton Green Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.79 mi 2025/26 3.2 mi
The Acorns Primary and Nursery School Both in reach Primary 1.46 mi 2025/26 3.9 mi

The distance as a picture

Brookhurst Primary School catchment area map: the 1.1 mile admission distance, 2025/26
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
TrustCHESHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST
Local authorityWirral

Department for Education register (GIAS).

Getting to Brookhurst Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Birkdale Avenue, 0.1 mi away, with 3.3 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:15, last 23:41.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Birkdale Avenue0.1 mi3.31.51.041, 17, 601, 602, 603, 704
Somerville Close0.1 mi3.20.21.042, 16, 16A, 601, 602, 603
Wentworth Drive0.1 mi3.20.21.042, 16, 16A, 601, 602, 603

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for Brookhurst Primary School?

Brookhurst 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 1.1 miles away, per Wirral.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Brookhurst Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.1 miles was enough in 2025/26. 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 Brookhurst 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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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.