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Brookdale Primary School

Primary Ages 2-11 239 pupils Wirral
Ofsted: Good
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Brookdale Primary School is an academy converter in Wirral for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has 239 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Brookdale Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2022 of its predecessor, Brookdale Primary School. In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It is hard to get into: 19 of the 49 families who put it first for a Reception place in September 2026 did not get one.

Ofsted inspection: September 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Escolme Drive
Wirral
Merseyside
CH49 1SE
Phone 01516775170
Reference Number 150672

General Makeup

Number of pupils 239
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.65%
Girls: 44.35%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 14 30
2 21 8 29
3 17 12 29
4 18 12 30
5 16 14 30
6 18 14 32

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.5%
White, Other 2.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.7%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
White & Asian 0.4%
Indian 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Mixed, Other 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Brookdale Primary School, inspected in June 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
05 Sep 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 69%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9%

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 107
Maths 105
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 38 0
Third Preference 26 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Brookdale Primary School had 214 pupils for 210 places. That is 4 more pupils than the school has room for.

Reception intake in the “Greasby Primary” planning area

Wirral counted 99 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 120 in 2029–30, up 21%.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Brookdale Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.4%
Unauthorised absence 0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.5%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Brookdale Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.0
Permanent exclusions 0

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Brookdale Primary School had 26.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 13.513.7
Teachers who left state teaching 7.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 54.5%–
Sick days per teacher 5.6–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.5% of pupils at Brookdale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 13 2
Specific learning difficulty 12 2
Social, emotional and mental health 9 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Moderate learning difficulty 1 1
Hearing impairment 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Brookdale Primary School received £6,511 and spent £6,690 for each of its 242 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £178,000 (£739 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Leading Learners Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,741 and spending £8,045 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £178,000
per pupil £739
In-year balance -£43,000
per pupil -£179

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Greasby Infant School
Barker Lane, Greasby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 3NX
0.49 miles
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Rigby Drive, Greasby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 1RE
0.61 miles
Greasby Junior School
Mill Lane, Greasby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 3AR
0.67 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton
Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 6LL
0.79 miles
Gilbrook School
Glebe Hey Road, Woodchurch, Merseyside, CH49 8HE
0.84 miles
Overchurch Junior School
54 Moreton Road, Upton, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 4NS
0.93 miles
Overchurch Infant School
Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 4NS
0.94 miles
Woodchurch CofE Primary School
Church Lane, Woodchurch, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 7LS
1.04 miles
Hayfield School
Manor Drive, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 4LN
1.13 miles
Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre
New Hey Road, Wirral, CH49 8HB
1.25 miles
Fender Primary School
New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 8HB
1.25 miles
Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School
Upton Road, Moreton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH46 0PB
1.35 miles
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
St Peter's Way, Noctorum, St. Peters Rc Primary School, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 9QR
1.41 miles
Irby Primary School
Coombe Road, Irby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 4UR
1.46 miles
Orrets Meadow School
Chapelhill Road, Moreton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH46 9QQ
1.53 miles
Chapelhill Primary School
Stavordale Road, Moreton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH46 9PS
1.6 miles
Co-op Academy Hillside
Ridgeview Road, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 9HG
1.63 miles
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School
New Hey Road, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 5LE
1.67 miles
Manor Primary School
Beechwood Drive, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 7ZU
1.69 miles
Thingwall Primary School
Pensby Road, Thingwall, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 7UG
1.72 miles
Name Distance
Upton Hall School FCJ
Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 6LJ
0.71 miles
Meadowside School
Pool Lane, Woodchurch, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 5LA
0.99 miles
Woodchurch High School
Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 7NG
1.52 miles
Foxfield School
New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Merseyside, CH49 5LF
1.61 miles
Ridgeway High School
Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 9EB
1.62 miles
Wirral Wrap
Summerhill House, Beechwood Drive, Beechwood, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 9LB
1.65 miles
Clare Mount Specialist Sports College
Birket Avenue, Leasowe, CH46 1RA
1.97 miles
Hilbre High School
Frankby Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 6EQ
2.02 miles
Calday Grange Grammar School
Grammar School Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 8GG
2.2 miles
The Observatory School
Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 7QT
2.26 miles
Birkenhead School
58 Beresford Road, Prenton, CH43 2JD
2.4 miles
Pensby High School
Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 6XN
2.42 miles
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, Merseyside, CH43 8SQ
2.64 miles
Birkenhead High School Academy
86 Devonshire Place, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 1TY
2.65 miles
St Anselm's College
Manor Hill, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 1UQ
2.74 miles
West Kirby Grammar School
Graham Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 5DP
2.99 miles
Birkenhead Park School
Park Road South, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UY
3 miles
West Kirby School and College
Meols Drive, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 5DH
3.01 miles
Kilgarth School
Cavendish Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 8BA
3.23 miles
Horizons Independent School
60 Mendip Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire, CH42 8NU
3.24 miles

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Brookdale Primary School is part of Leading Learners Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

What is Brookdale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brookdale Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2022 of its predecessor, Brookdale Primary School.

When was Brookdale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brookdale Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Brookdale Primary School have?

Brookdale Primary School has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brookdale Primary School cover?

Brookdale Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Brookdale Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Brookdale Primary School?

Brookdale Primary School is at Escolme Drive, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 1SE.

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