Birchwood CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.444 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Birchwood CofE Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Birchwood CofE 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 | 0.444 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.444 miles away, the 8th shortest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 56.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Warrington is 24.5%.
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
- The Mount, Admirals Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6QG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 157 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “The school provides a caring and nurturing environment, where pupils are happy and feel safe.”
- “Pupils play a key role in maintaining the school’s harmonious and purposeful culture.”
- “They enjoy exceptionally warm and nurturing relationships with adults who know them well.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge as a result of weaknesses in the previous curriculum.”
- “On occasions, pupils experience learning that does not build on what they already know.”
- “This makes it harder for pupils to build a rich body of knowledge in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2025 (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) | 59% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 18 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.
- Gorse Covert Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Locking Stumps Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woolston CofE Aided Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woolston Community Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bruche Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published