Gayton Primary School
Primary schoolGayton Primary School is a primary school in Wirral, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 213 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 20 January 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Strong 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, 82% of pupils at Gayton Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Wirral and 62% in England.
21% 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 | 82% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 21% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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- Heswall St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
- Barnston Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Heswall Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2022. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
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).