Stanton Road Primary School, Wirral
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Stanton Road creates a warm, inclusive community where every child matters. Teachers use clear, practical teaching methods to help pupils understand new ideas, and the school provides excellent pastoral care tailored to individual needs. Pupils benefit from a rich range of clubs, visits, and cultural experiences that bring learning to life and help them develop into confident, responsible young people.
Key Strengths
- Strong phonics teaching and results, with pupils often outperforming national standards in Year 1 phonics screening and Year 4 multiplication tables checks
- Excellent pastoral care with warm, genuine relationships between staff and pupils, ensuring all children feel safe and supported
- Well-designed personal development programme with many clubs and enrichment activities including music, gardening, coding, and cultural visits
- Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with additional needs, with thoughtful use of funding and tailored interventions
- Strong curriculum design that helps pupils build knowledge step by step, with particular success in early years and key stage 1
Areas for Improvement
- Continuing to refine the key stage 2 curriculum to help more pupils achieve higher standards in reading, writing and mathematics
- Fine-tuning systems to enable more precise identification of next steps for vulnerable pupils and clearer tracking of their progress over time
- Ensuring consistency in attainment for disadvantaged pupils, as this occasionally varies by year and subject
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met effectively - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and acted upon, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Musical instruments, gardening club, choir, coding, school ambassadors, travel ambassadors, multi-academy trust talent show, visits to museums and art galleries, visits to International Slavery Museum, visits to religious buildings, sports events
Stanton Road Primary School is a welcoming and inclusive primary school where pupils achieve outcomes in line with national standards, with particular strengths in phonics and multiplication tables. The school creates a calm, orderly environment where safeguarding is prioritized and pupils feel safe, supported, and eager to learn.
At a Glance
18.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 76% to 66%. Maths has remained stable at around 76%. Writing has declined from 78% to 74%.
Class Sizes
23.8
Avg class size
21.8
Infant (KS1)
27.8
KS2
11
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
282 pupils
322 capacity
40 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Wirral
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Wirral
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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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.08125%
Overall absence
11.20332%
Persistent absence
241
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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