Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Runcorn, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2023. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery 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 | Not published |
| 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
- 2024/25: 53% reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 17.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- 70.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 47.3% 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
- Barnfield Avenue, Murdishaw, Runcorn, WA7 6EP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 139 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 70.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, enjoy attending Murdishaw West Community Primary School.”
- “They are proud of their school.”
- “Pupils appreciate the high expectations that leaders have of their behaviour and achievements.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, some teachers do not ensure that pupils’ knowledge is secure before introducing new learning.”
- “Where this is the case, some pupils occasionally develop gaps in their knowledge.”
- “However, despite leaders’ efforts to improve pupils’ punctuality, some pupils continue to arrive late to school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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) | 53% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Halton.
- Gorsewood Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brookvale Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Berteline's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Palace Fields Primary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Windmill Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published