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Bidston Avenue Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 446 pupils Birkenhead
Ofsted: Good
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Bidston Avenue Primary School is an academy converter in Birkenhead for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 446 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Bidston Avenue Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023 of its predecessor, Bidston Avenue Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Tollemache Road
Claughton
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH41 0DQ
Reference Number 151405

General Makeup

Number of pupils 446
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.91%
Girls: 47.09%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 46.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 25.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 33 58
2 27 29 56
3 33 26 59
4 33 26 59
5 32 29 61
6 35 24 59

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.7%
White, Other 1.6%
Asian, Other 1.6%
White & Asian 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
Indian 0.7%
African 0.7%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Bidston Avenue Primary School, inspected in September 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 28 1
Third Preference 22 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Bidston Avenue Primary School had 414 pupils for 403 places. That is 11 more pupils than the school has room for.

Reception intake in the “North Birkenhead Primary” planning area

Wirral counted 256 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 287 in 2029–30, up 12%.

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 2025–26 Bidston Avenue Primary School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 15.0
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 23.1% of pupils at Bidston Avenue Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 34 11
No specialist assessment of need 37 0
Social, emotional and mental health 23 3
Specific learning difficulty 7 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 4
Hearing impairment 1 0
Physical disability 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.

Name Distance
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0.41 miles
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
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0.47 miles
Manor Primary School
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Co-op Academy Hillside
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Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School
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1.01 miles
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
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The Priory Parish CofE Primary School
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Townfield Primary School
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Park Primary School
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Hayfield School
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St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
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Somerville Nursery School
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Chapelhill Primary School
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1.53 miles
Woodchurch Road Academy
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Name Distance
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
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0.32 miles
St Anselm's College
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0.81 miles
Birkenhead School
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The Observatory School
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0.86 miles
Birkenhead Park School
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Wirral Wrap
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Ridgeway High School
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1.22 miles
Weatherhead High School
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1.24 miles
Progress Schools - Wirral
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The Mosslands School
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Woodchurch High School
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Clare Mount Specialist Sports College
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IMPACT Northwest Schools
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Wirral Metropolitan College
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1.69 miles
Edstart Schools Wirral
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1.72 miles
Foxfield School
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1.73 miles
Upton Hall School FCJ
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1.75 miles
Co-op Academy Oldershaw
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1.86 miles

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Bidston Avenue Primary School is part of Everton Multi Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

What is Bidston Avenue Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bidston Avenue Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023 of its predecessor, Bidston Avenue Primary School.

When was Bidston Avenue Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bidston Avenue Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Bidston Avenue Primary School have?

Bidston Avenue Primary School has 446 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bidston Avenue Primary School cover?

Bidston Avenue Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Bidston Avenue Primary School?

Bidston Avenue Primary School is at Tollemache Road, Claughton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH41 0DQ.

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