Schools in West Kirby, Wirral

[Lou141]

Hi All,

Looking to move to West Kirby and have my kids start in September. I'm keen to know about the following schools - pros / cons / everything

St Bridgets C of E
West Kirby Primary
Black Horse Hill

Thanks

Your biggest potential issue will be getting in them, all three schools tend to be full because they have good reputations. If you have children who are infants then you may well find that there is no possibility of places at the school because of the infant class size regulations.
In terms of timings if you have not moved by the middle of June then it is unlikely that, assuming that the schools are full, that you will get an appeal date this side of September.

All my dcs went to St B’s (last one left a couple of years ago). I think of the 3 it’s the ‘most sought after’ (v professional, white middle class profile). My dcs were very happy there, achieved well. It’s (as far as I know) the biggest feeder to the local grammars out of the 3 - high parental expectations re the 11+ - so if discussing secondary and tutors from year 3 onwards is not your bag then might be as well to avoid. Obviously connections with the church next door - we’re not religious but it didn’t matter to us and we didn’t feel religion was pushed down their throats. I’ve got friends whose dcs went/go to the 2 other schools. BHH has a good infant rep but middle school not so much (or that’s how it certainly used to be); WKP I think has mixed year groups? I mean none of them could in any way be described as terrible though.