Lunts Heath Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Widnes, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.78 miles
Published by Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lunts Heath Primary School is a primary school in Widnes, Halton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Lunts Heath 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 | 0.78 mi |
| 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.78 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 10 Halton primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception last distances were nearer the school in 2026 than in 2025 and 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 Reception, there were 67 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Wedgewood Drive, Widnes, WA8 9RJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 419 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Lunts Heath Primary School is an encouraging and aspirational place where pupils thrive.”
- “Pupils’ positive educational experience is reflected in their infectious enthusiasm for learning.”
- “Pupils are keen to reach the high expectations that staff have of them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 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) | 84% | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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.
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Fairfield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moorfield Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Junior School 1.1 mi Improved significantly
- St Bede's Catholic Infant School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ditton Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary Academy School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published