Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Halton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry143 applications · 59 places offered · 58 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.4; Halton median median 2.0
- 2025 1.7; Halton median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Halton median median 1.9
- 2023 2.0; Halton median median 1.8
- 2022 2.1; Halton median median 1.7
- 2021 2.3; Halton median median 1.8
- 2020 2.4; Halton median median 1.7
- 2019 2.2; Halton median median 1.6
- 2018 2.6; Halton median median 1.7
- 2017 2.7; Halton median median 1.7
- 2016 2.6; Halton median median 1.6
- 2015 2.6; Halton median median 1.7
- 2014 2.6; Halton median median 2.0
- This school
- Halton 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 59 | 143 | 2.4 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 75 | 130 | 1.7 | 78 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 66 | 123 | 1.9 | 62 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 74 | 144 | 2.0 | 73 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 74 | 153 | 2.1 | 76 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 | 75 | 170 | 2.3 | 83 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2020 | 75 | 179 | 2.4 | 80 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 | 74 | 164 | 2.2 | 85 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2018 | 74 | 190 | 2.6 | 90 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2017 | 75 | 204 | 2.7 | 100 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2016 | 75 | 194 | 2.6 | 87 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2015 | 75 | 193 | 2.6 | 104 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2014 | 75 | 194 | 2.6 | 84 | 1.12 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Bede's Catholic Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20232.4applications per place
- 0.0 km · HaltonImproved significantly202562%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · HaltonGood20232.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · HaltonRemains Good20242.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Halton20261.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HaltonGood20232.3applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · HaltonRemains Good20232.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · HaltonGood20232.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · HaltonGraded · no overall grade20243.1applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 111372 · 876/3615
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 225 pupils · 223 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Leigh Avenue, Widnes, WA8 6EL
- Local authority
- Halton
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources