Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.676 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate is a primary school in Warrington for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate 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 | 0.676 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 0.676 miles away, the 17th 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.
- Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 15% 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
- Station Road, Padgate, Warrington, WA2 0QJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 307 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at Christ Church CofE Primary School.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils’ achievement.”
- “Typically, pupils achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, some teachers do not check carefully enough that pupils’ earlier learning is secure.”
- “Sometimes, pupils’ misconceptions go unnoticed.”
- “This can sometimes make it more difficult for some pupils to make sense of new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 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) | 75% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Bruche Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Brook Acre Community Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bridget's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woolston Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woolston CofE Aided Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published