Hillview Primary 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 🔒
Hillview Primary School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2023. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Hillview 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 36 of the 47 other Halton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 54% reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- There are 20 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.4 across 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
- Beechwood Avenue, Beechwood East, Runcorn, WA7 3HB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 168 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2023
Strengths
- “Hillview is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils’ well-being is at the heart of the school’s ethos.”
- “Pupils have adults in school who they can talk to if they have any worries or concerns.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders are in the process of refining their curriculum thinking.”
- “In these subjects, the key knowledge and the order in which it should be implemented is less clearly defined.”
- “That said, there are very limited opportunities for pupils to take on positions of leadership and responsibility in school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 54% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 18 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.
- Beechwood Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Palace Fields Primary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Brookvale Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published