St Stephen's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.728 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Stephen'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 | 0.728 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 0.728 miles away, the 19th shortest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.13 miles).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2023 to 2024; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% 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
- Sandy Lane, Orford, Warrington, WA2 9HS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “St Stephen’s Catholic Primary School is a welcoming place to be.”
- “The school provides a nurturing environment where pupils can learn well.”
- “Staff foster a keen sense of pride among pupils, ensuring that they feel happy, safe and secure.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, the school is finalising the knowledge that pupils should learn in a small number of subjects.”
- “This means that, on occasion, some teachers find it more difficult to design learning that helps pupils to gain important knowledge.”
- “At times, this leads to gaps in some pupils’ learning in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 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) | 70% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 22 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.
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dallam Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brook Acre Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bridget's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Beamont Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published