Lingham Primary School, Wirral

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Lingham Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have developed a culture of high expectations for all pupils."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Children in the early years successfully grasp the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in reading, writing and number."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have carefully considered how the curriculum builds over time and the impact this has for pupils."

Early years - Expected standard. "The recently updated early years curriculum is ambitious for all."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders, along with those responsible for governance, know their school well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders' well-planned approach to personal development and wellbeing begins in the early years."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Some pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, do not attend school regularly enough."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen their work to improve attendance and punctuality, so that the recent improvements in attendance are sustained"; "Leaders should continue their focus on improving achievement for all groups of pupils, striving to reach national expectations in reading by the end of key stage 2"; "Leaders should ensure that they embed recent developments in the curriculum, including in the early years, so that pupils secure a deep knowledge across all subjects".

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Lingham Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 69% in Wirral and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (69% in reading, 76% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 23 families put Lingham Primary School as their first choice and 41 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Lingham Primary School are Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 68% reading, 57% maths); Eastway Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 59% reading, 32% maths); Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 84% reading, 67% maths); and Chapelhill Primary School (0.9 miles, 60% reading, 70% maths).

Lingham Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

42.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 47 pupils (17.4%) received SEN support and 18 (6.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Lingham Primary School had 18 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Moreton (Merseyside) Rail Station, about 510 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lingham Lane (opposite), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lingham Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Lingham Primary School issued 26 suspensions, 8.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.