Primary
Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Ballantyne Drive, Bidston, Prenton, CH43 7XG
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 404 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chester
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 47.7
- Pupils per adult
- 9.0
- Pupils
- 431
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
27%
23 points below the Prenton average (50% across 6 schools)
100.0
4.5 below the Prenton average (104.5 across 6 schools)
6th of 6 by our score, among the primary schools in Prenton we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 98 |
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 27% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 22% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 99.0 |
| 23/24 | 97.0 |
| 24/25 | 98.0 |
Ballantyne Drive, Bidston, Prenton, CH43 7XG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Wirral admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Mina Shahi
- Address
- Ballantyne Drive, Bidston, Prenton, CH43 7XG
- Telephone
- 01516520673