Aston by Sutton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Runcorn, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.675 miles
Published by Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Aston by Sutton Primary School is a primary school in Runcorn, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 February 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Aston by Sutton 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 2026 | 1.675 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.675 miles away, the 14th longest of 42 Cheshire West and Chester primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 11 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (42%) were not offered a place.
- 30 of the 34 Reception 2026 applications (88%) came from families living outside Cheshire West and Chester, and 12 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Aston Lane, Aston, Aston By Sutton Primary School, Runcorn, WA7 3DB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 91 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel proud to belong to this small, friendly school.”
- “They appreciate the kind and caring nature of staff and their peers.”
- “The school’s values of respect, inspire and achieve underpin pupils’ everyday actions.”
To improve
- “In a very small number of subjects, the curriculum is not designed as well as in others.”
- “In these subjects, the school has not thought carefully enough about the content and order in which pupils should learn the essential knowledge in the curriculum.”
- “This sometimes hinders pupils from building securely on what they know already.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 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) | 56% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 11 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 Cheshire West and Chester.
- Frodsham Manor House Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Frodsham Primary Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Frodsham CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kingsley St John's CofE Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingsley Community Primary School and Nursery 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Norley Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published