Schools and Education in Thingwall

There are 138 schools within 5 miles of Thingwall town centre, including 82 primary and 17 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 90% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre, Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School and Upton Hall School FCJ. Parents should note that 8 schools have a rating below Good, it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
138
Primary
82
Secondary
17
Good / Outstanding
90%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

11
63
8
Outstanding (11) Good (63) Requires Improvement (8) Not yet inspected (56)
Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre Nursery 1.7 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB Inspected: 07 March 2024 Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School Primary 1.9 miles Rigby Drive, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 1RE Inspected: 25 January 2024 Upton Hall School FCJ Secondary 2.3 miles Quinesway, Wirral, CH49 6LJ Inspected: 22 September 2022 Thornton Hough Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Saint George's Way, Thornton Hough, Wirral, CH63 1JJ Inspected: 21 March 2024 Town Lane Infant School Primary 2.9 miles Town Lane, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 8LD Inspected: 14 December 2023 Wirral Grammar School for Girls Secondary 3.1 miles Heath Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3AF Inspected: 31 January 2023 Brackenwood Infant School Primary 3.3 miles Pulford Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2HN Inspected: 20 December 2023 Mersey Park Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Elm Road, Higher Tranmere, Wirral, CH42 0PH Inspected: 06 February 2025 Kilgarth School Not applicable 3.7 miles Cavendish Street, Birkenhead, CH41 8BA Inspected: 10 December 2024 Clare Mount Specialist Sports College Not applicable 4.1 miles Birket Avenue, Leasowe, CH46 1RA Inspected: 17 January 2022 West Kirby School and College Not applicable 4.2 miles Meols Drive, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5DH Inspected: 01 February 2022
Stanley School Not applicable 0.8 miles Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5UE Inspected: 25 May 2023 Pensby Primary School Primary 0.8 miles Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5UE Inspected: 30 September 2022 Ladymount Catholic Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Portal Road, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5YD Inspected: 12 July 2024 Pensby High School Secondary 1.1 miles Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 6XN Inspected: 22 May 2023 Foxfield School Not applicable 1.5 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, CH49 5LF Inspected: 11 May 2023 Ganneys Meadow Early Years Centre 1.7 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB Inspected: 05 October 2011 Fender Primary School Primary 1.7 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB Inspected: 19 July 2022 Prenton Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Bramwell Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0RQ Inspected: 25 January 2022 Ridgeway High School Secondary 2 miles Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, CH43 9EB Inspected: 12 March 2024 Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary 2 miles Thurstaston Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 4SA Inspected: 25 March 2024 Barnston Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Sandham Grove, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 1XW Inspected: 13 September 2021 St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, CH43 9QR Inspected: 27 May 2022 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton Primary 2.4 miles Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 6LL Inspected: 21 November 2024 Higher Bebington Junior School Primary 2.5 miles Mill Road, Higher Bebington, Wirral, CH63 8QE Inspected: 05 December 2023 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead Primary 2.6 miles Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 5UT Inspected: 07 December 2022 Overchurch Infant School Primary 2.6 miles Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 4NS Inspected: 20 January 2022 Hayfield School Not applicable 2.8 miles Manor Drive, Upton, Wirral, CH49 4LN Inspected: 19 September 2023 Devonshire Park Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Temple Road, Birkenhead, CH42 9JX Inspected: 18 December 2024 Prenton High School for Girls Secondary 2.8 miles Hesketh Avenue, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 6RR Inspected: 31 January 2023 Birkenhead High School Academy All-through 2.9 miles Devonshire Place, Prenton, CH43 1TY Inspected: 19 June 2023 Bedford Drive Primary School Primary 3 miles Bedford Drive, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 6RT Inspected: 17 January 2023 St Paul's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Farmfield Drive, Prenton, CH43 7TE Inspected: 26 May 2022 Brackenwood Junior School Primary 3.1 miles Norbury Avenue, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2HH Inspected: 04 July 2023 Co-op Academy Bebington Secondary 3.1 miles Higher Bebington Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2PS Inspected: 15 June 2023 St Anselm's College Secondary 3.1 miles Manor Hill, Prenton, CH43 1UQ Inspected: 13 May 2025 Calday Grange Grammar School Secondary 3.2 miles Grammar School Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 8GG Inspected: 05 February 2025 Hilbre High School Secondary 3.2 miles Frankby Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6EQ Inspected: 06 December 2021 Wirral Grammar School for Boys Secondary 3.2 miles Cross Lane, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3AQ Inspected: 20 December 2022 Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Mount Grove, Birkenhead, CH41 2UJ Inspected: 01 March 2024 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Upton Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 0PB Inspected: 29 June 2023 St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Park Grove, Birkenhead, CH41 2TD Inspected: 13 November 2023 St John's Catholic Junior School Primary 3.5 miles Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7LH Inspected: 28 November 2023 St John's Catholic Infant School Primary 3.5 miles Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7LH Inspected: 19 January 2024 St John Plessington Catholic College Secondary 3.5 miles Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7LF Inspected: 17 January 2023 Black Horse Hill Infant School Primary 3.5 miles Saughall Massie Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6DR Inspected: 21 March 2024 St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Ward Grove, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 4NE Inspected: 07 May 2025 Utopia Not applicable 3.6 miles Thorsway, 40 Thorsway, Merseyside, CH42 1NW Inspected: 20 November 2025 Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Gautby Road, Bidston, Birkenhead, CH41 7DU Inspected: 05 December 2022 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Danger Lane, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 8UG Inspected: 13 March 2023 Eastway Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Rossall Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 8TA Inspected: 06 December 2022 Grove Street Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Grove Street, Grove Street, Wirral, CH62 5BA Inspected: 16 November 2022 Parkgate Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Brooklands Road, Parkgate, Neston, CH64 6SW Inspected: 10 May 2024 Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Smith Avenue, Birkenhead, CH41 8DU Inspected: 03 February 2023 Church Drive Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Church Drive, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 5EF Inspected: 26 July 2023 Neston High School Secondary 4.1 miles Raby Park Road, Neston, CH64 9NH Inspected: 28 March 2022 West Kirby Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Anglesey Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5EQ Inspected: 12 May 2023 IMPACT Northwest Schools Not applicable 4.2 miles A554, Tower Road, Birkenhead, CH41 1FF Inspected: 13 May 2025 West Kirby Grammar School Secondary 4.3 miles Graham Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5DP Inspected: 16 December 2022 Leasowe Early Years and Adult Learning Centre 4.5 miles Gardenside, Leasowe, CH46 2QF Inspected: 29 December 2011 Weatherhead High School Secondary 4.5 miles Breck Road, Wallasey, CH44 3HS Inspected: 24 January 2023 Great Meols Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Elwyn Road, Meols, Wirral, CH47 7AP Inspected: 22 December 2023 Co-op Academy Woodslee Primary 4.5 miles Croft Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 2BP Inspected: 22 December 2023 Holy Spirit Catholic and Church of England Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Gardenside, Leasowe, Wirral, CH46 2RP Inspected: 19 January 2024 Park Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Woodstock Road, Wallasey, CH44 5RN Inspected: 22 November 2023 Somerville Nursery School Nursery 4.7 miles Wallasey, CH44 4BB Inspected: 12 February 2025 Neston Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Burton Road, Little Neston, Neston, CH64 9RE Inspected: 12 November 2021 St Winefride's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Mellock Lane, Little Neston, Neston, CH64 9RW Inspected: 20 March 2024 Brookhurst Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Brookhurst Road, Bromborough, Wirral, CH63 0EH Inspected: 20 March 2024 Wallasey Hub - Seacombe Children's Centre 4.9 miles St Paul's Road, Wallasey, Wirral, CH44 7AN Inspected: 23 December 2010 Bromborough Children's Centre 4.9 miles Gratrix Road, South and West Wirral, Wirral, CH62 7BW Inspected: 21 April 2011 Somerville Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Northbrook Road, Wallasey, CH44 9AR Inspected: 20 October 2023 Raeburn Primary School Primary 5 miles Morland Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 6BD Inspected: 17 March 2023 Edstart Schools Wirral Not applicable 5 miles Liscard Road, Wallasey, CH44 5TH Inspected: 28 November 2025
Birkenhead Park School Secondary 3.3 miles Park Road South, Birkenhead, CH43 4UY Inspected: 19 January 2024 Lingham Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Edgehill Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 7UQ Inspected: 10 September 2025 Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Balliol Close, Bidston, Prenton, CH43 7XG Inspected: 06 November 2023 Cathcart Street Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Dover Close, Wirral, CH41 3JY Inspected: 17 May 2024 Wirral Metropolitan College 16 plus 4 miles Adelphi Street, Conway Park, Birkenhead, CH41 4NT Inspected: 13 January 2025 Progress Schools - Hamilton Square Not applicable 4.3 miles Hamilton Square, Wirral, CH41 5AT Inspected: 18 September 2025 Kingsway Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Ashville Road, Wallasey, CH44 9EF Inspected: 19 September 2023 The Mosslands School Secondary 4.7 miles Mosslands Drive, Wallasey, CH45 8PJ Inspected: 15 May 2024
Thingwall Primary School Primary 0.2 miles Pensby Road, Thingwall, Wirral, CH61 7UG South and West Hub - Pensby Children's Centre 0.9 miles Fishers Lane, South and West Wirral, Wirral, CH61 8SD Irby Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Coombe Road, Irby, Wirral, CH61 4UR Heswall Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Whitfield Lane, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 7SD Woodchurch CofE Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Eltham Green, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 7LS St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School Primary 1.5 miles New Hey Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 5LE Meadowside School Not applicable 1.5 miles Pool Lane, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 5LA Woodchurch High School Secondary 1.6 miles Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 7NG Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School Primary 1.7 miles School Lane, Thurstaston, Wirral, CH61 0HH Gilbrook School Not applicable 1.8 miles Glebe Hey Road, Woodchurch, CH49 8HE Greasby Junior School Primary 1.8 miles Mill Lane, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 3AR Prenton Children's Centre 1.9 miles Northwood Road, Bramwell Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0SR Brookdale Primary School Primary 2 miles Escolme Drive, WIRRAL, CH49 1SE Greasby Infant School Primary 2 miles Barker Lane, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 3NX Greasby Children's Centre 2.2 miles Frankby Road, Frankby Road, Greasby, CH49 3AT Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Holm Lane, Prenton, CH43 2HT Gayton Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Gayton Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 8PZ Co-op Academy Hillside Primary 2.4 miles Ridgeview Road, Prenton, CH43 9HG Townfield Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Townfield Lane, Wirral, CH43 2LH Overchurch Junior School Primary 2.6 miles Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 4NS Horizons Independent School Not applicable 2.6 miles Mendip Road, Birkenhead, CH42 8NU Prenton Preparatory School Not applicable 2.7 miles Mount Pleasant, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 5SY Birkenhead School Not applicable 2.7 miles Beresford Road, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 2JD Woodchurch Road Academy Primary 2.9 miles Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, CH42 9LJ Bebington Children's Centre 2.9 miles Town Lane, Town Lane, Bebington, CH63 8LD Wirral Wrap Not applicable 2.9 miles Fifth Avenue, Beechwood Drive, Birkenhead, CH43 9LB Inspected: 19 September 2025 Manor Primary School Primary 3 miles Birkenhead, Wirral, CH43 7ZU Orrets Meadow School Not applicable 3.2 miles Chapelhill Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 9QQ Bidston Avenue Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Tollemache Road, Claughton, Birkenhead, CH41 0DQ Birkenhead Sixth Form College 16 plus 3.3 miles Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, CH43 8SQ Well Lane Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Well Lane, Tranmere, Birkenhead, CH42 5PF Chapelhill Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Stavordale Road, Moreton, Wirral, CH46 9PS St Andrew's CofE Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Townfield Lane, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7NL Stanton Road Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Stanton Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3HW Birkenhead and Tranmere Children's Centre 3.5 miles Park Grove, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 2TD West Kirby Children's Centre 3.5 miles Saughall Massie Road, South and West Wirral, Wirral, CH48 6DR Black Horse Hill Junior School Primary 3.5 miles Saughall Massie Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 6DR Avalon School Not applicable 3.5 miles Mount Road, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 2HE Woodlands Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Hollybank Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2SY Inspected: 04 July 2022 Progress Schools - Wirral Not applicable 3.6 miles Bright Street, Bright Street, CH41 4EA Inspected: 11 July 2025 The Observatory School Not applicable 3.6 miles Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Prenton, CH43 7QT Co-op Academy Portland Primary 3.6 miles Laird Street, Claughton, Birkenhead, CH41 0AB Rock Ferry Children's Centre 3.7 miles Ionic Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 2BL Rock Ferry Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Ionic Street, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 2BL West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary School Primary 3.7 miles St Bridgets Lane, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 3JT Bidston and St James Children's Centre 3.7 miles Laird Street, 344 Laird Street, Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Birkenhead Hub - Brassey Gardens 3.7 miles Brassey Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 8DA The Priory Parish CofE Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Aberdeen Street, Birkenhead, CH41 4HS Poulton Lancelyn Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Venables Drive, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 9LY Leasowe Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Oxley Avenue, Leasowe, Wirral, CH46 1RU Castleway Nursery School Nursery 4.4 miles Castleway North, Wirral, CH46 1RN Castleway Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Castleway North, Wirral, CH46 1RN Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 3BH Brookhurst Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Brookhurst Road, Bromborough, Wirral, CH63 0EH St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey Primary 4.9 miles Wheatland Lane, Wallasey, CH44 7ED St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary 4.9 miles Ashburton Road, Wallasey, CH44 5XB