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Rock Ferry Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Ionic Street, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead CH42 2BL · rockferry.wirral.sch.uk · 0151 645 1017
On the mapSearch near CH42 2BL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 28%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wirral 56%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 301
- 87% of 345 places
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 67%
- First language not English
- 16.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Expedition Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 32 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 32 | 26 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 35 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 43 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 28% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Wirral it was 56%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼28% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼99 | 106 | ||
| ▼98 | 105 | ||
| ▼96 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105045)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 February 2020, Ofsted’s outcome for Rock Ferry Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 26 Feb 2020
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105045)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105045), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105045)
May 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105045)