Pewithall School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Pewithall School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Pewithall 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
- 17.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in all 4 earlier years, when the last distance swung sharply, most from 2022 to 2023.
- Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest 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
- Kenilworth Avenue, Runcorn, WA7 4XQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to attend this school which is at the heart of its local community.”
- “Pupils feel cared for by staff who know them and their families well.”
- “Pupils say that all are welcome here.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils in key stage 1 are not given enough opportunity to practise the sounds that they have learned in their writing.”
- “This means that, on occasion, these pupils do not develop their confidence as writers as quickly as they might.”
- “The school’s leadership of subjects is at various stages of development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 2025 (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) | 69% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 22 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.
- St Clement's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Weston Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Weston Point Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castle View Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published