Rock Ferry Primary School, Birkenhead

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The school runs after-school care, from £6 per session.

In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils at Rock Ferry Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 42% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 69% in Wirral and 77% and 75% across England.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Rock Ferry Primary School as their first choice and 51 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 Rock Ferry Primary School are Well Lane Primary School (0.4 miles); St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 84% reading, 77% maths); Mersey Park Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 88% reading, 86% maths); and Bedford Drive Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 70% reading, 50% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Rock Ferry Primary School.

Rock Ferry Primary School is one of 13 schools run by Expedition Schools, an academy trust.

62.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 104 pupils (34.6%) received SEN support and 9 (3%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Rock Ferry Rail Station, about 160 metres away (roughly a 2-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woburn Place (opposite), 130 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 324 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wirral (155), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Rock Ferry Primary School issued 13 suspensions, 4.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Rock Ferry Primary School are Prenton High School for Girls (0.7 miles), St John Plessington Catholic College (1 mile), Co-op Academy Bebington (1.5 miles) and Wirral Grammar School for Girls (1.8 miles).