Cathcart Street Primary School, Wirral
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school excels at supporting pupils with learning difficulties and special educational needs, helping them make good progress with targeted support. Teachers use questioning skillfully to help pupils think for themselves and enjoy their learning. The school is very fair in its support for disadvantaged pupils, ensuring they achieve as well as their peers and have access to all opportunities.
Key Strengths
- Teaching is usually good or outstanding, and pupils enjoy lessons and make increasingly rapid progress
- Excellent systems for identifying and supporting pupils with learning difficulties and special educational needs
- Strong focus on equality - pupils eligible for free school meals achieve as well as their peers
- Well-planned, interesting lessons with skilled use of questioning to develop pupils' thinking
- Rich curriculum that widens pupils' experiences and supports their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching does not yet result in outstanding progress for all pupils
- Pupils are not routinely given time to respond to marking and improve their work
- Work set for the most able pupils sometimes lacks sufficient challenge
- Pupils are not always clear about tasks or given enough time to complete them
- School improvement targets are too broad and not easily measurable
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - pupils feel safe and well cared for by the school, with consistently high expectations of behaviour that are applied fairly.
Cathcart Street Primary School is a good school that has improved from its previous rating. Pupils from very low starting points make good progress and reach standards broadly in line with national averages.
At a Glance
81.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 45% to 55%. Maths has declined from 41% to 32%. Writing has improved from 38% to 48%.
Class Sizes
24.9
Avg class size
26.0
Infant (KS1)
27.3
KS2
9
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
78%
Available places
213 pupils
274 capacity
61 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Wirral
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Admissions Demand - Wirral
Places available
3,860
Applications
2,952
Got 1st preference
96.0%
Got preferred school
99.1%
Primary admissions across Wirral (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.65722%
Overall absence
26.16279%
Persistent absence
172
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Cathcart Street Primary School
IMPACT Northwest Schools
Progress Schools - Wirral
Progress Schools - Hamilton Square
Birkenhead Park School
Kilgarth School
St Anselm's College
Birkenhead High School Academy
Wirral Hospitals' School
Nazene Danielle School of Performing Arts
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