Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Widnes, Knowsley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Knowsley Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Widnes, Knowsley for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Knowsley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 27 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In Reception 2026, 33 of the 47 applications (70%) came from families living outside Knowsley, and 22 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Knowsley that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Knowsley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hall Lane, Cronton, Widnes, WA8 5DW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Knowsley
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils learn that making other people happy helps them to feel happy.”
- “This informs how they treat each other, with care and kindness.”
- “For instance, Year 6 prefects help younger pupils to tidy up at lunchtime.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, assessment strategies are not well matched to the intent of the curriculum.”
- “This means that staff do not know whether pupils have learned and remembered some of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 27 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Knowsley.
- Cronton Church of England Primary Academy 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Halsnead Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Whiston Willis Primary Academy 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Prescot Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gabriel's CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published