Winwick CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.258 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Winwick CofE Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 October 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Winwick 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 | 2.258 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 for 2026 lived 2.258 miles away, the 15th longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.13 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025, further than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 18 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% 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
- Myddleton Lane, Winwick, Warrington, WA2 8LQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 162 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly, caring school.”
- “They are proud to be part of its community.”
- “This is reflected in the work that pupils produce and how keen they are to talk about what they have learned.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, some teachers do not have secure enough subject knowledge to teach some of the year group curriculum content.”
- “This hinders how well pupils build their knowledge.”
- “However, a small number of pupils find reading too difficult.”
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) | 62% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 18 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 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Callands Primary Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dallam Community Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bridget's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published