Poulton Lancelyn Primary School, Wirral

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Poulton Lancelyn Primary School on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "From the early years onwards, leaders ensure that all pupils, including those who face barriers to learning, secure the foundations of communication, reading, writing and number."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Rates of attendance are consistently high."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children get off to a flying start at Poulton Lancelyn."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders demonstrate unwavering commitment to making sure that every pupil is fully engaged in all aspects of school life."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders exemplify high standards and professionalism."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school provides an extremely varied and coherent personal development and wellbeing offer."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum is embedded across the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should support staff to further refine their design and selection of learning activities so that teaching is sharply aligned with pupils' needs, especially pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities".

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils at Poulton Lancelyn Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 92% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 69% in Wirral and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 86% in reading and 89% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 67 families put Poulton Lancelyn Primary School as their first choice and 104 named it as one of their preferences, for 61 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 9 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Poulton Lancelyn Primary School are Stanton Road Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 66% reading, 76% maths); Co-op Academy Woodslee (0.8 miles, Good, 56% reading, 68% maths); Brackenwood Infant School (1.1 miles, Outstanding); and Brackenwood Junior School (1.1 miles, Good, 93% reading, 91% maths).

Poulton Lancelyn Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Poulton Lancelyn Primary School is one of 13 schools run by Oak Trees Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

123 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Poulton Lancelyn Primary School (as of April 2026): 89% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 40% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (40%).

3.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Spital Rail Station, about 590 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Venables Drive (w-bound), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Poulton Lancelyn Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 87 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Wirral (155).

Poulton Lancelyn Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Poulton Lancelyn Primary School are Wirral Grammar School for Boys (0.9 miles), Wirral Grammar School for Girls (0.9 miles) and Co-op Academy Bebington (1.2 miles).