Astmoor 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 🔒
Astmoor Primary School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Astmoor 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
- 69.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 36 of the 47 other Halton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 8 schools (this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton that have results), 2024/25 reading, writing and maths ranked 2nd lowest.
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
- Kingshead Close, Castlefields, Runcorn, WA7 2JE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 144 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 69.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, lively members of their school.”
- “They know that the school values them all as individuals and that everyone is treated with respect.”
- “Pupils feel that all staff care about them and their families.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the curriculum is not delivered as the school intends.”
- “This means that pupils sometimes do not learn what they should.”
- “In addition, pupils sometimes complete activities that do not help them to learn the intended curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 December 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) | 36% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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 Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater Park Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Brow Community Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castle View Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Windmill Hill Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Berteline's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published