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Primary school

Woodchurch Road Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Wirral
  • CH42 9LJ
Ofsted report card · inspected Nov 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 6,655 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 45%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 99%99%2016/17: top 88%2017/18: top 69%2018/19: top 74%2022/23: top 83%2023/24: top 57%2024/25: top 45%No exams

Against North WestArrows: North West rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM67% · North West 63%6/10 Middle+35 pts
Higher standard, RWM2% · North West 6%2/10 Well below North West−35.7 pts
Reading score107 · North West 1057/10 Above+41.3 pts
Maths score105 · North West 1055/10 Middle+32.3 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 14% · 51 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 43% · 70 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 59% · 56 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 57% · 51 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 46% · 56 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 60% · 48 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 67% · 43 pupils · North West 63%67%14%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 51 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 1% · 70 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 5% · 56 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 10% · 51 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 4% · 56 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 4% · 48 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 2% · 43 pupils · North West 6%10%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 51 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 100 · 70 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 104 · 56 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 103 · 51 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 101 · 56 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 104 · 48 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 107 · 43 pupils · North West 105107100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 98 · 51 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 101 · 70 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 103 · 56 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 103 · 51 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 101 · 56 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 104 · 48 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 105 · 43 pupils · North West 10510598No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
16 of 16 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1616
2nd181
3rd130

Last distance offered: London only

0.5 km from Oxton South · approx.: from the area's centre, not your door

Inspections · 2006–2025

  • InclusionExpected
  • AchievementExpected
  • Curriculum and teachingExpected
  • Attendance and behaviourExpected
  • Leadership and governanceExpected
  • Early yearsExpected
  • Personal development and wellbeingExpected
  • SafeguardingMet
  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2025Lowest Expected

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026171
Free school meals (past 6 years)58.3%
First language not English9.4%
SEN support29.2%
EHC plan1.6%
Absence (sessions missed)8.3%
Persistently absent pupils24.6%

Girls 44.8%Boys 55.2%

34.4% full · 497 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.6
Pupils per adult8.7
  • Classroom teachers 6.6
  • Leadership 2.5
  • Teaching assistants 9.7
  • Other support 7.3

Teachers 9.1 FTE · Whole workforce 26.1 · 46 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,870
Spend per pupil£8,354
Staff spend per pupil£6,552
Reserve per pupil£1,089
  • +£209,000revenue reserve
  • +£291,000in-year balance

Grants £9,755 · self-generated £167 · premises £536 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: CHESHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST (11 academies) · trust reserve £3,535,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it