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Widnes Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 127Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 141538URN

Cholmondeley Street, Widnes, WA8 0EL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJan 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
0.8 below Halton median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Halton

13 applications for 11 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
43%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJan 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

Inspection history

  1. 22 March 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 23 January 2018
    Graded inspection: 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
1.2applications per place, Reception
0.8 below Halton median (2.0) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

13 applications · 11 places offered · 11 named it first

  1. 2026 1.2; Halton median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.1; Halton median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.0; Halton median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.1; Halton median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.2; Halton median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.3; Halton median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.0; Halton median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.0; Halton median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.1; Halton median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.1; Halton median median 1.7
  11. 2016 0.5; Halton median median 1.6
  12. 2015 0.9; Halton median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.2; Halton median median 2.0; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Halton median in 0 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Halton median

Dashed bars: as West Bank Primary School (URN 111186), the previous school.

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 202611131.2111.00
Sep 202517191.1160.94
Sep 202410101.090.90
Sep 202315161.1140.93
Sep 202217201.2171.00
Sep 202111141.3111.00
Sep 202022221.0221.00
Sep 201910101.090.90
Sep 201817181.1171.00
Sep 201716181.1150.94
Sep 20161580.580.53
Sep 201519170.9150.79
Sep 2014 *18211.2181.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 65% · Writing 74% · Maths 61% → all three 43% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard43%40th of 47 in Halton
Reading
Expected standard65%
Higher standard30%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard74%
Greater depth17%
Maths
Expected standard61%
Higher standard9%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Halton median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2543%9%104101
2023/2457%0%102101
2022/2356%0%103104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

  • 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
141538 · 876/2001
Trust
Wade Deacon Trust
Capacity
210 pupils · 127 on roll
Free school meals
44.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 February 2015
Replaced
West Bank Primary School (URN 111186)
Address
Cholmondeley Street, Widnes, WA8 0EL
Local authority
Halton

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