Barrow Hall Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.302 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barrow Hall Community Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Barrow Hall Community 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 | 1.302 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 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 1.302 miles away, the 30th longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 99 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 89 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warrington schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sophia Drive, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3TX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 628 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “Children in early years, and pupils in key stages 1 and 2, excel in their learning and prosper at Barrow Hall Community Primary School.”
- “They live up to leaders’ high expectations.”
- “Pupils achieve exceptionally well and become confident, articulate learners.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 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) | 79% | 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: 99 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 89 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 Warrington.
- Park Road Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chapelford Village Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Great Sankey Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Penketh Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Westbrook Old Hall Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published