Mersey Park Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Elm Road
Higher Tranmere
Wirral
Merseyside
CH42 0PH
Phone 01516478197
Reference Number 105042

General Makeup

Number of pupils 449
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.01%
Girls: 46.99%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 62.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 11.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 22.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 29 30 59
2 31 26 57
3 31 28 59
4 31 29 60
5 30 28 58
6 35 26 61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 84.2%
White, Other 4.2%
Chinese 1.6%
Asian, Other 1.6%
Indian 1.3%
Pakistani 1.3%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
African 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.7%
White & Asian 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2025-02-06
Date Description Report
2025-01-07 School inspection School inspection
2019-03-13 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2018-02-14 Short inspection Short inspection
2014-02-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-05-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-09-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2005-10-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:
1999-09-27 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 67% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104 Unlock Unlock
Maths 104 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.8 Unlock Unlock
Writing 1.3 Unlock Unlock
Maths -0.2 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 18 1
Third Preference 18 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Well Lane Primary School
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Devonshire Park Primary School
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Woodchurch Road Academy
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0.56 miles
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0.59 miles
St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
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0.6 miles
Bedford Drive Primary School
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0.61 miles
Rock Ferry Primary School
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0.64 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead
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0.66 miles
Prenton Preparatory School
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0.91 miles
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0.98 miles
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1.06 miles
Cathcart Street Primary School
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1.17 miles
The Priory Parish CofE Primary School
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1.23 miles
St John's Catholic Junior School
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1.38 miles
Prenton Primary School
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1.41 miles
St John's Catholic Infant School
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1.42 miles
Grove Street Primary School
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1.53 miles
Town Lane Infant School
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1.54 miles
Name Distance
Prenton High School for Girls
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0.66 miles
Wirral Metropolitan College
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1.04 miles
Progress Schools - Hamilton Square
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1.13 miles
Birkenhead Park School
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1.15 miles
Birkenhead High School Academy
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1.27 miles
St Anselm's College
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1.3 miles
Birkenhead School
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1.36 miles
St John Plessington Catholic College
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1.49 miles
Kilgarth School
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1.69 miles
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
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1.71 miles
Co-op Academy Bebington
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1.79 miles
Wirral Hospitals' School
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1.87 miles
Ridgeway High School
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2.03 miles
Wirral Grammar School for Girls
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2.1 miles
Wirral Grammar School for Boys
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2.14 miles
Woodchurch High School
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2.14 miles
Foxfield School
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2.15 miles
Liverpool Life Sciences UTC
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2.18 miles
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