Woodchurch Road Academy
Academy sponsor led in Birkenhead, Wirral.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy sponsor led |
| Age range | 3 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 171 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 497 |
| Free school meals | 54.50% |
| Trust or sponsor | EXPEDITION SCHOOLS |
| Local authority | Wirral |
| Address | 99 Woodchurch Road, Oxton, Woodchurch Road Academy, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 9LJ |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Telephone | 01516523104 |
| URN | 150119 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 25 November 2025, published 1 February 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 26 April 2022, published 3 July 2022:
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
This graded inspection was of the predecessor school (Woodchurch Road Primary School, URN 105047).
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead (primary school, about 0.4 km)
- Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary School (primary school, about 0.6 km)
- Devonshire Park Primary School (primary school, about 0.6 km)
- St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- Mersey Park Primary School (primary school, about 0.9 km)
- Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School (primary school, about 0.9 km)
- Woodlands Primary School (primary school, about 1.0 km)
- Well Lane Primary School (primary school, about 1.3 km)
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