Schools and Education in Newton

There are 91 schools within 5 miles of Newton town centre, including 52 primary and 12 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 90% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School, West Kirby School and College and Upton Hall School FCJ. Parents should note that 5 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
91
Primary
52
Secondary
12
Good / Outstanding
90%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

6
38
5
Outstanding (6) Good (38) Requires Improvement (5) Not yet inspected (42)
Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School Primary 1.4 miles Rigby Drive, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 1RE Inspected: 25 January 2024 West Kirby School and College 1.4 miles Meols Drive, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5DH Inspected: 01 February 2022 Upton Hall School FCJ Secondary 2.3 miles Quinesway, Wirral, CH49 6LJ Inspected: 22 September 2022 Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre Nursery 2.8 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB Inspected: 07 March 2024 Clare Mount Specialist Sports College 3.2 miles Birket Avenue, Leasowe, CH46 1RA Inspected: 17 January 2022 Kilgarth School 4.7 miles Cavendish Street, Birkenhead, CH41 8BA Inspected: 10 December 2024
Hilbre High School Secondary 0.4 miles Frankby Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6EQ Inspected: 06 December 2021 Black Horse Hill Infant School Primary 0.5 miles Saughall Massie Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6DR Inspected: 21 March 2024 Calday Grange Grammar School Secondary 0.9 miles Grammar School Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 8GG Inspected: 05 February 2025 West Kirby Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Anglesey Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5EQ Inspected: 12 May 2023 West Kirby Grammar School Secondary 1.4 miles Graham Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5DP Inspected: 16 December 2022 Great Meols Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Elwyn Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 7AP Inspected: 22 December 2023 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Upton Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 0PB Inspected: 29 June 2023 Overchurch Infant School Primary 2.2 miles Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 4NS Inspected: 20 January 2022 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton Primary 2.2 miles Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 6LL Inspected: 21 November 2024 Hayfield School 2.5 miles Manor Drive, Upton, Wirral, CH49 4LN Inspected: 19 September 2023 Eastway Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Rossall Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 8TA Inspected: 06 December 2022 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Danger Lane, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 8UG Inspected: 13 March 2023 Ganneys Meadow Early Years Centre 2.8 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB Inspected: 05 October 2011 Fender Primary School Primary 2.8 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB Inspected: 19 July 2022 St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary 3 miles Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, CH43 9QR Inspected: 27 May 2022 Pensby High School Secondary 3 miles Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 6XN Inspected: 22 May 2023 St Paul's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Farmfield Drive, Prenton, CH43 7TE Inspected: 26 May 2022 Foxfield School 3.1 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, CH49 5LF Inspected: 11 May 2023 Ladymount Catholic Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Portal Road, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5YD Inspected: 12 July 2024 Ridgeway High School Secondary 3.3 miles Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, CH43 9EB Inspected: 12 March 2024 Stanley School 3.4 miles Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5UE Inspected: 25 May 2023 Pensby Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5UE Inspected: 30 September 2022 Leasowe Early Years and Adult Learning Centre 3.7 miles Gardenside, Leasowe, CH46 2QF Inspected: 29 December 2011 Holy Spirit Catholic and Church of England Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Gardenside, Leasowe, Wirral, CH46 2RP Inspected: 19 January 2024 Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Gautby Road, Bidston, Birkenhead, CH41 7DU Inspected: 05 December 2022 Prenton Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Bramwell Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0RQ Inspected: 25 January 2022 Birkenhead High School Academy All-through 4.2 miles Devonshire Place, Prenton, CH43 1TY Inspected: 19 June 2023 Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Thurstaston Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 4SA Inspected: 25 March 2024 St Anselm's College Secondary 4.3 miles Manor Hill, Prenton, CH43 1UQ Inspected: 13 May 2025 Greenleas Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Bayswater Road, Wallasey, CH45 8LZ Inspected: 24 July 2023 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead Primary 4.6 miles Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 5UT Inspected: 07 December 2022 Weatherhead High School Secondary 4.6 miles Breck Road, Wallasey, CH44 3HS Inspected: 24 January 2023 Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Smith Avenue, Birkenhead, CH41 8DU Inspected: 03 February 2023 St George's Primary School Primary 4.8 miles St George's Road, Wallasey, CH45 3NF Inspected: 11 May 2023 Devonshire Park Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Temple Road, Birkenhead, CH42 9JX Inspected: 18 December 2024 Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Mount Grove, Birkenhead, CH41 2UJ Inspected: 01 March 2024 Barnston Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Sandham Grove, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 1XW Inspected: 13 September 2021 Park Primary School Primary 5 miles Woodstock Road, Wallasey, CH44 5RN Inspected: 22 November 2023
Lingham Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Edgehill Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 7UQ Inspected: 10 September 2025 Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Balliol Close, Bidston, Prenton, CH43 7XG Inspected: 06 November 2023 The Mosslands School Secondary 4.5 miles Mosslands Drive, Wallasey, CH45 8PJ Inspected: 15 May 2024 Birkenhead Park School Secondary 4.6 miles Park Road South, Birkenhead, CH43 4UY Inspected: 19 January 2024 St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy Secondary 4.7 miles Wallasey Village, Wallasey, CH45 3LN Inspected: 08 September 2025
West Kirby Children's Centre 0.5 miles Saughall Massie Road, South and West Wirral, Wirral, CH48 6DR Black Horse Hill Junior School Primary 0.5 miles Saughall Massie Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6DR West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School Primary 1.2 miles St Bridgets Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 3JT Greasby Infant School Primary 1.2 miles Barker Lane, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 3NX Greasby Children's Centre 1.2 miles Frankby Road, Frankby Road, Greasby, CH49 3AT Avalon School 1.3 miles Mount Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 2HE Greasby Junior School Primary 1.3 miles Mill Lane, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 3AR Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary 1.5 miles Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 3BH Brookdale Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Escolme Drive, WIRRAL, CH49 1SE Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School Primary 1.9 miles School Lane, Thurstaston, Wirral, CH61 0HH Overchurch Junior School Primary 2.2 miles Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 4NS Irby Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Coombe Road, Irby, Wirral, CH61 4UR Gilbrook School 2.4 miles Glebe Hey Road, Woodchurch, CH49 8HE Orrets Meadow School 2.5 miles Chapelhill Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 9QQ Woodchurch CofE Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Eltham Green, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 7LS Meadowside School 2.6 miles Pool Lane, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 5LA Chapelhill Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Stavordale Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 9PS Thingwall Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Pensby Road, Thingwall, Wirral, CH61 7UG South and West Hub - Pensby Children's Centre 3 miles Fishers Lane, South and West Wirral, Wirral, CH61 8SD Wirral Wrap 3 miles Fifth Avenue, Beechwood Drive, Birkenhead, CH43 9LB Inspected: 19 September 2025 Manor Primary School Primary 3 miles Birkenhead, Wirral, CH43 7ZU Woodchurch High School Secondary 3.1 miles Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 7NG Co-op Academy Hillside Primary 3.2 miles Ridgeview Road, Prenton, CH43 9HG St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School Primary 3.2 miles New Hey Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 5LE Castleway Nursery School Nursery 3.4 miles Castleway North, Wirral, CH46 1RN Castleway Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Castleway North, Wirral, CH46 1RN Leasowe Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Oxley Avenue, Leasowe, Wirral, CH46 1RU The Observatory School 3.5 miles Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Prenton, CH43 7QT Bidston Avenue Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Tollemache Road, Claughton, Birkenhead, CH41 0DQ Townfield Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Townfield Lane, Wirral, CH43 2LH Birkenhead School 4 miles Beresford Road, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 2JD Heswall Primary School Primary 4 miles Whitfield Lane, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 7SD Prenton Children's Centre 4.1 miles Northwood Road, Bramwell Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0SR Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Holm Lane, Prenton, CH43 2HT Bidston and St James Children's Centre 4.2 miles Laird Street, 344 Laird Street, Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Birkenhead Sixth Form College 16 plus 4.2 miles Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, CH43 8SQ Co-op Academy Portland Primary 4.3 miles Laird Street, Claughton, Birkenhead, CH41 0AB Prenton Preparatory School 4.4 miles Mount Pleasant, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 5SY Birkenhead Hub - Brassey Gardens 4.6 miles Brassey Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 8DA Woodchurch Road Academy Primary 4.7 miles Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, CH42 9LJ Gayton Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Gayton Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 8PZ Horizons Independent School 4.8 miles Mendip Road, Birkenhead, CH42 8NU