Gorsewood 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 🔒
Gorsewood 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 25 May 2023. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Gorsewood 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
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 ranked 3rd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton that have results.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 18 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 63.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton is 52.2%.
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
- Gorsewood Road, Murdishaw, Runcorn, WA7 6ES
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 166 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in the caring, purposeful and exciting environment of this school.”
- “They value the friendships that they have with their peers.”
- “They also respect the positive relationships that they enjoy with staff.”
To improve
- “That said, due to previous weaknesses in one or two curriculum areas, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “This hinders them from building a secure body of knowledge in these subjects.”
- “However, some pupils’ attendance remains stubbornly low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 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: 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.
- St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Berteline's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brookvale Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Windmill Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Palace Fields Primary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Park Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published