Schools in Wallasey
Wallasey and New Brighton sit on the northern tip of the Wirral Peninsula, within Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council's admissions remit. The area is served by 18 schools: 11 primaries and 4 secondaries including The Mosslands School, The Oldershaw School, and Weatherhead High School. Wirral co-ordinates secondary admissions with offers made on 1 March.
Eight of Wallasey's schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating, reflecting the strong local school performance across the area. Four schools carry a religious character, including faith primaries in New Brighton. Two schools are currently at or above their admission number. Wallasey's secondary schools each serve defined parts of the peninsula, so checking which school's catchment your home address falls within before the October application deadline is particularly important.
School demand in Wallasey
Across the 15 schools in Wallasey with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 83%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
4 schools in Wallasey have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Wallasey are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Wirral, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
11 of the schools in Wallasey have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Wallasey: 1 oversubscribed (11)
New Brighton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wallasey · CH45 1LH
Liscard Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wallasey · CH45 7NQ
St George's Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wallasey · CH45 3NF
Kingsway Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wallasey · CH44 9EF
Park Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wallasey · CH44 5RN
Somerville Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wallasey · CH44 9AR
Greenleas Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wallasey · CH45 8LZ
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wallasey · CH44 7ED
Egremont Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wallasey · CH44 8AF
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Wallasey · CH44 5XB
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Wallasey · CH45 9LT
Secondary Schools in Wallasey (4)
The Mosslands School
Secondary · Community school
Wallasey · CH45 8PJ
The Oldershaw School
Secondary · Academy converter
Wallasey · CH45 4RJ
Weatherhead High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Wallasey · CH44 3HS
St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Wallasey · CH45 3LN
Other Schools in Wallasey (3)
Somerville Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Wallasey · CH44 4BB
Elleray Park School
Not applicable · Community special school
Wallasey · CH45 0LH
Edstart Schools Wirral
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Wallasey · CH44 5TH
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Wallasey are set by Wirral and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.