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The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 231Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 111001URN

Wood Lane, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 3DB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.2 below Warrington median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Warrington

115 applications for 60 places · 37th of 56 in Warrington
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 15 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 27 April 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.2 below Warrington median (2.1) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

115 applications · 60 places offered · 42 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Warrington median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.2; Warrington median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.4; Warrington median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.9; Warrington median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.9; Warrington median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.8; Warrington median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.7; Warrington median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.6; Warrington median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.7; Warrington median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.9; Warrington median median 2.3
  11. 2016 2.0; Warrington median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.8; Warrington median median 2.3
  13. 2014 2.4; Warrington median median 2.3
  • This school
  • Warrington median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026601151.9420.70
Sep 2025491102.2440.90
Sep 2024511232.4440.86
Sep 2023581101.9510.88
Sep 2022721341.9690.96
Sep 2021671181.8630.94
Sep 2020791351.7740.94
Sep 2019841331.6720.86
Sep 2018871461.7850.98
Sep 2017801541.9740.93
Sep 2016841642.0780.93
Sep 2015861531.8850.99
Sep 2014902122.4991.10

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
111001 · 877/2117
Capacity
360 pupils · 231 on roll
Free school meals
14.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Wood Lane, Appleton, Warrington, WA4 3DB
Local authority
Warrington

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources