St Winefride's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Neston, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Winefride's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Neston, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2024. Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
St Winefride'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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, although places ran out in 1 of the 10 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 20.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mellock Lane, Little Neston, Neston, CH64 9RW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 153 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 February 2024
Strengths
- “St Winefride’s pupils are happy to see their friends and the staff each morning.”
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “They said that it is a special place.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the school has recently revised its curriculum.”
- “The key content that pupils will learn has not been clearly identified.”
- “This means that teachers do not have all of the information that they need to teach.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2024 (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) | 67% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 21 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 Cheshire West and Chester.
- Neston Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodfall Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parkgate Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Willaston CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Little Sutton C of E Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Childer Thornton Primary School 4.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sutton Green Primary School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published