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Black Horse Hill Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

West Kirby, CH48 6DR · Wirral local authority

West Kirby’s School Grade A+ better than 95% of towns in England

Getting in
26/26
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
102 pupils
57% of its 180 places
Free school meals
22%
22 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Black Horse Hill Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 102 pupils for 180 places
  • Ofsted: Good, February 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (26 of 26)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CH48 6) sold for a median £276,500; West Kirby’s is £330,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Black Horse Hill Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

26
families put it first for September 2026
26
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Wirral council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Wirral council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in West Kirby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Black Horse Hill Infant
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
98% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

119 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
19.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Black Horse Hill Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, February 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Black Horse Hill Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CH48 6, the school’s postcode sector

West Kirby property prices →
£276,500
median sale, 82 sales in 36 months · West Kirby £330,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025CH48 6West Kirby
CH48 6West Kirby

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£448K
Semi-detached
£283K
Terraced
£219K
CH48 6West Kirby

Homes in CH48 6 sell for well under West Kirby’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

7 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAA+DA+C−AB+Black Horse Hill Infant Sch…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

West Kirby, CH48 6DR

Black Horse Hill Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Black Horse Hill Infant School?

For September 2026, 26 families put Black Horse Hill Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 26 places were offered in all.

What is Black Horse Hill Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2024).

How much do houses cost near Black Horse Hill Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, CH48 6, sold for a median £276,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (82 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; West Kirby’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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