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Our Lady & St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead CH41

Price Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH41 8DU

Our Lady & St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead CH41

10 reasons to choose Our Lady & St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead

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Our Lady & St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the 12 best state primary schools on The Wirral and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.

School fundamentals

Our Lady & St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.

Average class size

Our Lady & St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead has two classes per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.

Exam results

Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Our Lady & St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 15% of schools.

The Our Lady & St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead curriculum

School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

More on the curriculum

There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.

Specialist teaching

Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for drama, music and sport.

Sport at Our Lady & St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead

School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at Our Lady & St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead

Art, music and drama are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT and dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near Our Lady & St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead

Independent Prep Schools

Birkenhead School, Prep (1.5 miles); Prenton Preparatory School (1.9 miles); Christian Fellowship School, Lower & Middle School (4.4 miles).

State Primary Schools

Liscard Primary School (2.2 miles); Greenleas Primary School (2.8 miles); St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School, Liverpool (3.2 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Birkenhead School (1.5 miles); Christian Fellowship School (4.4 miles); Auckland College (5.4 miles).

State Senior Schools

St Anselm’s College (1 mile); Birkenhead High School Academy (1.2 miles); Weatherhead High School (1.5 miles).

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