Fender Primary School
Primary schoolFender Primary School is a primary school in Wirral, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 275 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 2 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 41% of pupils at Fender Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Wirral and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Wirral | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family CentreNursery. School remains Outstanding, January 202410 m
- Woodchurch High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 38.5 (2025/26, provisional)460 m
- Meadowside SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade580 m
- Foxfield SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, February 2023650 m
- Woodchurch CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Inadequate (overall), September 2023, before the school changed, special measures660 m
- Gilbrook SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade660 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wirral
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).