Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Liverpool, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.80 miles
Published by Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Liverpool, Halton for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2022. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 2.80 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.80 miles away, the longest of 10 Halton primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between years, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Hesketh Road, Hale Village, Liverpool, L24 4AN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “Pupils develop strong and trusting bonds with each other and staff.”
- “They know that they can talk to any trusted adult if they are concerned or worried.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas of the curriculum, subject leaders are developing their expertise.”
- “The support that they give to other teachers is not as effective as it could be.”
- “As a result, in these areas, the curriculum is not implemented consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 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) | 80% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 27 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.
- Halebank CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Weston Point Primary Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakfield Community Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published