Newton-le-Willows Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From St Helens Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Newton-le-Willows Primary School is a primary school in Newton-le-Willows, St. Helens for ages 3–11 (community school). St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Newton-le-Willows Primary School 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2025 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 1 of the 2 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 47 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths results in 2024/25 ranked 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in St. Helens that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other St. Helens schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sanderling Road, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9UF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 563 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a warm welcome each morning from staff who know them well.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe, valued and ready to learn.”
- “Pupils build secure relationships with staff and with one another.”
To improve
- “However, achievement is not as strong across some other subjects.”
- “Leaders have high aspirations for pupils, but these do not always translate into teaching that meets pupils’ needs.”
- “For example, disadvantaged pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, do not always receive the support they need to learn all that they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2026 (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) | 58% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 47 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 St. Helens.
- St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The District CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wargrave CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lyme Community Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published