Woodchurch Road Academy

State-Funded School

woodchurch-road-academy-wirral-north-west

North WestRegion

WirralLocal Authority

BirkenheadConstituency

CH42 9LJPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Woodchurch Road Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Wirral, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 171 pupils. Woodchurch Road Academy is part of CHESHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 25 Nov 2025 · published 1 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

82%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

171

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 171
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: CHESHIRE ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
3 Jul 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.