St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.100 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 November 2022. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Benedict's Catholic 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 | 1.100 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.100 miles away, the 32nd shortest of the 65 Warrington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% 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
- Quebec Road, Warrington, WA2 7SB
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thoroughly enjoy coming to school, where they are happy and safe.”
- “They readily help staff and like to socialise with their friends in the school’s breakfast club.”
- “Pupils are respectful towards adults and each other.”
To improve
- “The support that they give to teachers is therefore not as effective as it could be.”
- “In these subjects, leaders do not have a precise understanding of how well pupils are deepening their understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2022 (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) | 66% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Beamont Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Elphin's Church of England Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brook Acre Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published