The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Runcorn, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 July 2024. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
The Holy Spirit 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- As at 36 of the 47 other Halton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome, every applicant for Reception 2026 here was offered a place.
- Reception 2026 had 7 first-choice applications for 7 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 15 places.
- Some 48% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 61.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Halton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cotterill, Halton Brook, Runcorn, WA7 2NL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 75 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “They make everyone feel welcome.”
- “Pupils work and play together happily.”
To improve
- “In 2023, the school’s published data for progress and attainment in mathematics by the end of key stage 2 was significantly below that of other schools nationally.”
- “The school identified that pupils were not able to recall important facts such as times tables quickly enough.”
- “However, the school has not identified the small steps of learning that children need to take in order to reach the identified end points in each area of learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 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) | 50% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 7 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 Halton.
- Castle View Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Brow Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pewithall School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Astmoor Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published