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Cathcart Street Primary School

URN
105048
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Cathcart Street Primary School
URN
105048
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
2-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

37 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

10

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

37

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
16 May 2024
Inspection date
26 March 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Requires improvement

    Graded 16 May 2024

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 16 May 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

22

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

31

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

22

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.41×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Wirral
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Wirral)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.cathcartstreet.wirral.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Wirral to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

55.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

48.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

32.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

26.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

CH41 3JY - Dover Close, Wirral, Merseyside

Contact details

Address
Dover Close, Wirral, Merseyside
Postcode
CH41 3JY
Phone
1516477349
Website
www.cathcartstreet.wirral.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Wirral
Local authority code
344

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 252 schools in Wirral.

Authority statistics

Total schools

252

Open schools

137

Closed schools

115

Primary schools

157

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 16 May 2024

  • Personal development

    Requires improvement

    Graded 16 May 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 16 May 2024

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 16 May 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    16 May 202426 March 2024S5 InspectionRequires improvementView report for inspection published 16 May 2024
    • Requires improvement

      Published
      16 May 2024
      Inspected
      26 March 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    71.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 22

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    44

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary157 (63.1%)
    • Secondary44 (17.7%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other48 (19.3%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Laurence's Catholic Primary School209 mPrimaryClosed
    The Priory Parish CofE Primary School335 mPrimaryOpen
    Wirral Metropolitan College472 m16 plusOpen
    IMPACT Northwest Schools495 mNot applicableOpen
    Progress Schools - Wirral544 mNot applicableOpen
    Cole Street Primary School771 mPrimaryClosed
    Progress Schools - Hamilton Square897 mNot applicableOpen
    Woodlands Primary School987 mPrimaryOpen
    St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    Park High School1.1 kmSecondaryClosed
    • St Laurence's Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      209 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • The Priory Parish CofE Primary School
      Distance
      335 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Wirral Metropolitan College
      Distance
      472 m
      Phase
      16 plus
      Status
      Open
    • IMPACT Northwest Schools
      Distance
      495 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Wirral)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Arrowe Hill Primary SchoolPrimaryCH49 8HEClosed
    Ballantyne Junior SchoolPrimaryCH43 7XGClosed
    Barnston Primary SchoolPrimaryCH60 1XWOpen
    Bedford Drive Primary SchoolPrimaryCH42 6RTOpen
    Bidston Avenue Infant SchoolPrimaryCH41 0DQClosed
    • Arrowe Hill Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      CH49 8HE
      Status
      Closed
    • Ballantyne Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      CH43 7XG
      Status
      Closed
    • Barnston Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      CH60 1XW
      Status
      Open
    • Bedford Drive Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      CH42 6RT
      Status
      Open
    • Bidston Avenue Infant School
    Progress Schools - Wirral
    Distance
    544 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Cole Street Primary School
    Distance
    771 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Progress Schools - Hamilton Square
    Distance
    897 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Woodlands Primary School
    Distance
    987 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Park High School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    CH41 0DQ
    Status
    Closed