Woodside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Runcorn, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodside Primary School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 June 2022. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Woodside 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- 72.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 36 of the 47 other Halton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Whitchurch Way, Halton Lodge Estate, Runcorn, WA7 5YP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 116 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 72.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are warmly greeted by staff each morning, which helps to ensure that they are happy to attend school.”
- “They are proud of their school, especially their teachers, who they know have their best interests at heart.”
- “Pupils benefit from trusting relationships with staff, who know them and their families very well.”
To improve
- “However, leaders’ lack of curriculum oversight means that some weaknesses in teaching, including in the early years, are not identified and addressed as quickly as they should be.”
- “In a small number of subjects where this is not the case, pupils’ learning is less secure at times.”
- “Leaders do not have sufficient oversight of the quality of the curriculum and teaching.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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) | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castle View Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hillview Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pewithall School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Brow Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published