Schools and Education in Thornton Hough

There are 105 schools within 5 miles of Thornton Hough town centre, including 67 primary and 13 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 92% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Thornton Hough Primary School, Wirral Grammar School for Girls and Brackenwood Infant School. There are 5 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
105
Primary
67
Secondary
13
Good / Outstanding
92%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

10
50
Outstanding (10) Good (50) Requires Improvement (5) Not yet inspected (40)
Thornton Hough Primary School Primary 0.3 miles Saint George's Way, Thornton Hough, Wirral, CH63 1JJ Inspected: 21 March 2024 Wirral Grammar School for Girls Secondary 2 miles Heath Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3AF Inspected: 31 January 2023 Brackenwood Infant School Primary 2.2 miles Pulford Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2HN Inspected: 20 December 2023 Town Lane Infant School Primary 2.3 miles Town Lane, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 8LD Inspected: 14 December 2023 Willaston CofE Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Neston Road, Willaston, Neston, CH64 2TN Inspected: 25 April 2024 Mersey Park Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Elm Road, Higher Tranmere, Wirral, CH42 0PH Inspected: 06 February 2025 Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family Centre Nursery 3.9 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB Inspected: 07 March 2024 Childer Thornton Primary School Primary 4.4 miles New School Lane, Childer Thornton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 1QY Inspected: 25 April 2024 Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.5 miles Rigby Drive, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 1RE Inspected: 25 January 2024 Upton Hall School FCJ Secondary 4.7 miles Quinesway, Wirral, CH49 6LJ Inspected: 22 September 2022
Barnston Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Sandham Grove, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 1XW Inspected: 13 September 2021 Wirral Grammar School for Boys Secondary 2 miles Cross Lane, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3AQ Inspected: 20 December 2022 Neston High School Secondary 2 miles Raby Park Road, Neston, CH64 9NH Inspected: 28 March 2022 Brackenwood Junior School Primary 2.1 miles Norbury Avenue, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2HH Inspected: 04 July 2023 Higher Bebington Junior School Primary 2.1 miles Mill Road, Higher Bebington, Wirral, CH63 8QE Inspected: 05 December 2023 Co-op Academy Bebington Secondary 2.2 miles Higher Bebington Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 2PS Inspected: 15 June 2023 Stanley School 2.4 miles Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5UE Inspected: 25 May 2023 Pensby Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Greenbank Drive, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5UE Inspected: 30 September 2022 Brookhurst Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Brookhurst Road, Bromborough, Wirral, CH63 0EH Inspected: 20 March 2024 Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Thurstaston Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 4SA Inspected: 25 March 2024 Parkgate Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Brooklands Road, Parkgate, Neston, CH64 6SW Inspected: 10 May 2024 Co-op Academy Woodslee Primary 2.6 miles Croft Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 2BP Inspected: 22 December 2023 Raeburn Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Morland Avenue, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 6BD Inspected: 17 March 2023 Ladymount Catholic Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Portal Road, Pensby, Wirral, CH61 5YD Inspected: 12 July 2024 Bromborough Children's Centre 2.7 miles Gratrix Road, South and West Wirral, Wirral, CH62 7BW Inspected: 21 April 2011 St Winefride's Catholic Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Mellock Lane, Little Neston, Neston, CH64 9RW Inspected: 20 March 2024 St John Plessington Catholic College Secondary 2.8 miles Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7LF Inspected: 17 January 2023 Neston Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Burton Road, Little Neston, Neston, CH64 9RE Inspected: 12 November 2021 Church Drive Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Church Drive, Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 5EF Inspected: 26 July 2023 Prenton Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Bramwell Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0RQ Inspected: 25 January 2022 St John's Catholic Junior School Primary 2.8 miles Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7LH Inspected: 28 November 2023 St John's Catholic Infant School Primary 2.8 miles Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7LH Inspected: 19 January 2024 Christ The King Catholic Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Allport Road, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 6AE Inspected: 19 March 2024 Pensby High School Secondary 2.9 miles Irby Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH61 6XN Inspected: 22 May 2023 Heygarth Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Heygarth Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 8AG Inspected: 29 March 2023 Prenton High School for Girls Secondary 3 miles Hesketh Avenue, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 6RR Inspected: 31 January 2023 Grove Street Primary School Primary 3 miles Grove Street, Grove Street, Wirral, CH62 5BA Inspected: 16 November 2022 St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Ward Grove, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 4NE Inspected: 07 May 2025 Bedford Drive Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Bedford Drive, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 6RT Inspected: 17 January 2023 Eastham Children's Centre 3.3 miles Willington Avenue, Willington Avenue, Wirral, CH62 9EB Inspected: 17 February 2012 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead Primary 3.4 miles Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 5UT Inspected: 07 December 2022 Devonshire Park Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Temple Road, Birkenhead, CH42 9JX Inspected: 18 December 2024 Foxfield School 3.5 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, CH49 5LF Inspected: 11 May 2023 Utopia 3.6 miles Thorsway, 40 Thorsway, Merseyside, CH42 1NW Inspected: 20 November 2025 Ganneys Meadow Early Years Centre 3.9 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB Inspected: 05 October 2011 Fender Primary School Primary 3.9 miles New Hey Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 8HB Inspected: 19 July 2022 Ridgeway High School Secondary 3.9 miles Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, CH43 9EB Inspected: 12 March 2024 Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Mount Grove, Birkenhead, CH41 2UJ Inspected: 01 March 2024 St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, CH43 9QR Inspected: 27 May 2022 St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Park Grove, Birkenhead, CH41 2TD Inspected: 13 November 2023 Birkenhead High School Academy All-through 4.3 miles Devonshire Place, Prenton, CH43 1TY Inspected: 19 June 2023 Rivacre Brook 4.4 miles South Road, Hooton Park Lane, Ellesmere Port, CH65 1AN Inspected: 11 July 2025 St Anselm's College Secondary 4.4 miles Manor Hill, Prenton, CH43 1UQ Inspected: 13 May 2025 Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Puddington Lane, Burton, Neston, CH64 5SE Inspected: 17 January 2022 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Upton Primary 4.8 miles Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 6LL Inspected: 21 November 2024 Little Sutton C of E Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Berwick Road, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 4PP Inspected: 22 May 2024 Overchurch Infant School Primary 5 miles Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 4NS Inspected: 20 January 2022 Dingle Lane Children's Centre 5 miles Dingle Lane, Dingle Lane, Liverpool, L8 9UB Inspected: 26 November 2010 Matthew Arnold Primary School Primary 5 miles Dingle Lane, Liverpool, L8 9UB Inspected: 23 June 2025 Rossmore School Primary 5 miles Red Lion Lane, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, CH66 1HF Inspected: 28 November 2022
Millfields Church of England (Controlled) Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Willington Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 9EB Inspected: 10 November 2025 Birkenhead Park School Secondary 4.5 miles Park Road South, Birkenhead, CH43 4UY Inspected: 19 January 2024 Wirral Metropolitan College 16 plus 4.7 miles Adelphi Street, Conway Park, Birkenhead, CH41 4NT Inspected: 13 January 2025 Cathcart Street Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Dover Close, Wirral, CH41 3JY Inspected: 17 May 2024 Progress Schools - Hamilton Square 4.9 miles Hamilton Square, Wirral, CH41 5AT Inspected: 18 September 2025
Poulton Lancelyn Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Venables Drive, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 9LY Stanton Road Primary School Primary 2 miles Stanton Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3HW Heswall Primary School Primary 2 miles Whitfield Lane, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 7SD Gayton Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Gayton Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 8PZ Bebington Children's Centre 2.3 miles Town Lane, Town Lane, Bebington, CH63 8LD St Andrew's CofE Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Townfield Lane, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 7NL Mendell Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Allport Lane, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 7HN Thingwall Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Pensby Road, Thingwall, Wirral, CH61 7UG South and West Hub - Pensby Children's Centre 2.9 miles Fishers Lane, South and West Wirral, Wirral, CH61 8SD Prenton Children's Centre 3 miles Northwood Road, Bramwell Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0SR Woodfall Primary and Nursery School Primary 3 miles Woodfall Lane, Little Neston, Neston, CH64 4BT South Wirral High School Secondary 3 miles Plymyard Avenue, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 8EH Horizons Independent School 3.1 miles Mendip Road, Birkenhead, CH42 8NU St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School Primary 3.4 miles New Hey Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 5LE Irby Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Coombe Road, Irby, Wirral, CH61 4UR Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Holm Lane, Prenton, CH43 2HT Well Lane Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Well Lane, Tranmere, Birkenhead, CH42 5PF Rock Ferry Children's Centre 3.6 miles Ionic Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 2BL Rock Ferry Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Ionic Street, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, CH42 2BL Woodchurch High School Secondary 3.6 miles Carr Bridge Road, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 7NG Woodchurch Road Academy Primary 3.7 miles Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, CH42 9LJ Prenton Preparatory School 3.7 miles Mount Pleasant, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 5SY Woodchurch CofE Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Eltham Green, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 7LS Townfield Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Townfield Lane, Wirral, CH43 2LH Meadowside School 3.8 miles Pool Lane, Woodchurch, Wirral, CH49 5LA Birkenhead School 4.1 miles Beresford Road, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 2JD Gilbrook School 4.1 miles Glebe Hey Road, Woodchurch, CH49 8HE Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School Primary 4.1 miles School Lane, Thurstaston, Wirral, CH61 0HH Birkenhead and Tranmere Children's Centre 4.2 miles Park Grove, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 2TD Woodlands Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Hollybank Road, Birkenhead, CH41 2SY Inspected: 04 July 2022 Co-op Academy Hillside Primary 4.3 miles Ridgeview Road, Prenton, CH43 9HG Greasby Junior School Primary 4.4 miles Mill Lane, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 3AR Progress Schools - Wirral 4.5 miles Bright Street, Bright Street, CH41 4EA Inspected: 11 July 2025 Brookdale Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Escolme Drive, WIRRAL, CH49 1SE Greasby Infant School Primary 4.6 miles Barker Lane, Greasby, Wirral, CH49 3NX Birkenhead Sixth Form College 16 plus 4.7 miles Park Road West, Claughton, Wirral, CH43 8SQ Greasby Children's Centre 4.8 miles Frankby Road, Frankby Road, Greasby, CH49 3AT The Priory Parish CofE Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Aberdeen Street, Birkenhead, CH41 4HS Bidston Avenue Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Tollemache Road, Claughton, Birkenhead, CH41 0DQ Overchurch Junior School Primary 5 miles Moreton Road, Upton, Wirral, CH49 4NS