Mount Primary School, Wirral

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Mount Primary School on 7 areas: 7 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Needs attention. "Published results of national tests are broadly in line with national averages."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Attendance is a strength of the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The quality of the curriculum and teaching varies across the school."

Early years - Needs attention. "Children enjoy coming to school and take part in activities with enthusiasm."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders have recently taken action to make sure that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive effective support in lessons."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Governors support leaders well and provide some challenge."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "The personal development curriculum does not have enough impact on what pupils know and how they behave."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should make sure that staff put the support set out for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities into place in every classroom, so that these pupils can access their learning and build their knowledge well"; "Leaders should make sure that teachers check pupils' understanding and address their errors, so that the same mistakes do not recur and pupils build securely on what they have learned"; "Leaders should make sure that teachers challenge the most able pupils and extend and deepen pupils' knowledge across the wider curriculum, so that more pupils achieve highly"; "Leaders should make sure that staff manage behaviour well across the school and deal with bullying and unkindness quickly and effectively, so that pupils behave well"; "Leaders should make sure that the personal, social, health and economic education curriculum is taught in full, so that pupils develop a secure understanding of healthy relationships, difference and life in modern Britain"; "Leaders should make sure that staff in the early years use their interactions with children to develop children's language and build on what children already know"; "Governors should hold leaders to account for the actions they are taking to improve outcomes and experiences of pupils, so that they have a more precise understanding of the impact of leaders' work"; "Leaders should make sure that staff feel valued and listened to and have the training they need to carry out their roles well".

In its own words: "Is your child due to join primary school in September 2027 or 2028? Then join us at one of our fun-filled open days. You will get the chance to meet our dedicated team, explore our classrooms and outdoor area and get a glimpse of the exciting curriculum we offer."

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Mount Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 67% 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 (73% in reading, 70% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Mount Primary School as their first choice and 86 named it as one of their preferences, for 32 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 Mount Primary School are SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles); New Brighton Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 72% reading, 67% maths); St George's Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 78% reading, 75% maths); and Liscard Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 76% reading, 81% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Mount Primary School.

4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (90%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest railway station is New Brighton Rail Station, about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hose Side Road (adjacent), 110 metres away.

In 2024/25, Mount Primary School issued 9 suspensions, 2.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Mount Primary School are Co-op Academy Oldershaw (0.5 miles); St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles); The Mosslands School (1 mile); and Weatherhead High School (1.1 miles).