Grappenhall St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.568 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grappenhall St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Grappenhall St Wilfrid's 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 | 0.568 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
- Reception 2026 had 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.568 miles away, the 14th shortest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 17% 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
- Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, WA4 3EP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s high expectations shine through all aspects of its work.”
- “Pupils meet these expectations well, whether this is through their positive behaviour or their hard work.”
- “Pupils learn and achieve well, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “On occasion, some pupils find it difficult to recall previous learning.”
- “This means new learning, from time-to-time, is not built on a secure foundation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 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) | 72% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- Bradshaw Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thelwall Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thelwall Community Junior School 1.0 mi Standards maintained
- Alderman Bolton Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broomfields Junior School 1.2 mi Good