THE number of oversubscribed primary schools in Wirral has been revealed.

An oversubscribed school is defined as a school that has had more applications than there are available places.

These Government statistics were collected from local authorities. The offers were made, and data collected, based on the national offer day of April 17 2023 for primary schools.

The most oversubscribed was Town Lane Infant School and Nursery in Bebington. They received 104 applications but they were only able to accept 89.

The next oversubscribed was St Bridget's C of E Primary School in West Kirby. 13 applications were not accepted. They saw 73 applications sent in for just 60 places.

Whilst there are many reasons a primary school may be oversubscribed, in some cases it appears to be that schools have become victims of their own success.

In recently revealed statistics showing the results for Key Stage 2 primary schools in Wirral, of the top schools for meeting the expected standard in Reading, Maths, and Writing, four were oversubscribed.

This included Great Meols Primary School, Barnston Primary School, St Bridget's CofE Primary School and Poulton Lancelyn Primary School.

Great Meols Primary School had to turn away seven applications out of 67 and Barnston Primary School also had to turn away seven from 67, as they only had 60 spaces.

Poulton Lancelyn Primary School had 60 spaces and 63 applications.

Here is a list of all of the oversubscribed primary schools in Wirral:

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead: Oversubscribed by three
Liscard Primary School: Oversubscribed by two               
Town Lane Infant School and Nursery: Oversubscribed by 15
Brackenwood Infant School: Oversubscribed by one
Brookdale Primary School: Oversubscribed by 11
Barnston Primary School: Oversubscribed by six
Poulton Lancelyn Primary School: Oversubscribed by three
Great Meols Primary School: Oversubscribed by seven
Mersey Park Primary School: Oversubscribed by five
Thingwall Primary School: Oversubscribed by three
Church Drive Primary School: Oversubscribed by six
Townfield Primary School: Oversubscribed by four
St Bridget's C of E Primary School: Oversubscribed by 13
Oxton St Saviour's C Of E Aided Primary School: Oversubscribed by six
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Wallasey: Oversubscribed by four
The Priory Parish C E Primary School: Oversubscribed by three

You can find the full data here.