Weston Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Runcorn, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.75 miles
Published by Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Weston Primary School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2023. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Weston 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 | 1.75 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 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
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.75 miles from the school, the 3rd longest of 10 Halton primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.06 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years; each year stayed close to the year before.
- For Reception 2026 there were 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Halton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lambsickle Lane, Weston Village, Runcorn, WA7 4RA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Weston Primary.”
- “They told inspectors that they feel safe in school.”
- “Pupils look forward to seeing their friends and their teachers each day.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two areas of learning in the early years, leaders have not finalised exactly what children must learn.”
- “From time to time, this hinders how well some children obtain new knowledge.”
- “Very occasionally, this means that a few children are not as ready as they could be for the demands of key stage 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2023 (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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Halton.
- Pewithall School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Weston Point Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Clement's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published