Windmill Hill 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 🔒
Windmill Hill Primary School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2024. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Windmill Hill 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
- 2026 Reception entry drew 8 first-choice applications for 20 offers, 0.4 per offer and the lowest of 47 Halton primary schools.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the highest of 8 schools: this one and 7 of the 8 nearest Halton primary schools with results.
- There are 23.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.1 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
- Windmill Hill, Windmill Hill South, Runcorn, WA7 6QE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 148 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Windmill Hill Primary School, wear their uniforms with pride.”
- “They are happy in this caring and nurturing school.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families well.”
To improve
- “However, the early years curriculum is still being finalised.”
- “As a result, staff are not aware of the essential knowledge that children should learn.”
- “This hinders how well children learn and a minority do not get off to a quick start in the early years.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (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) | 75% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 8 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 Berteline's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Park Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Astmoor Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gorsewood Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published