How far Wirral schools admitted from
For every oversubscribed school, Wirral publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 19 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.
The tightest is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton at 0.12 miles in 2025/26; the most far-reaching, St George's Primary School, admitted from 5.42 miles.
Primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton Wirral | No current grade | 0.12 mi | 2025/26 | 88% |
| Woodlands Primary School Birkenhead | No current grade | 0.39 mi | 2025/26 | 93% |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School Prenton | Good | 0.46 mi | 2025/26 | 103% |
| Riverside Primary School Wirral | Good | 0.6 mi | 2025/26 | 82% |
| Bidston Avenue Primary School Birkenhead | Good | 0.72 mi | 2025/26 | 111% |
| Heswall Primary School Wirral | No current grade | 0.78 mi | 2025/26 | 122% |
| Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School Birkenhead | Good | 0.78 mi | 2025/26 | 87% |
| Mersey Park Primary School Wirral | No current grade | 0.81 mi | 2025/26 | 97% |
| Brookdale Primary School WIRRAL | No current grade | 0.82 mi | 2025/26 | 114% |
| Thingwall Primary School Wirral | Good | 0.93 mi | 2025/26 | 94% |
| Church Drive Primary School Wirral | Good | 0.95 mi | 2025/26 | 103% |
| Brookhurst Primary School Wirral | Good | 1.1 mi | 2025/26 | not published |
| Gayton Primary School Wirral | No current grade | 1.26 mi | 2025/26 | 93% |
| Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School Prenton | No current grade | 1.5 mi | 2025/26 | 94% |
| Great Meols Primary School Wirral | Good | 1.91 mi | 2025/26 | 98% |
| Irby Primary School Wirral | Good | 2.07 mi | 2025/26 | 113% |
| Prenton Primary School Prenton | No current grade | 2.7 mi | 2025/26 | 94% |
| Poulton Lancelyn Primary School Wirral | No current grade | 2.88 mi | 2025/26 | 121% |
| St George's Primary School Wallasey | No current grade | 5.42 mi | 2025/26 | 100% |
Reading the numbers
These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Wirral measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →
Checking an address against these
Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.
Admission distances published by Wirral. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.