Woolston CofE Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.039 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woolston CofE Aided Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Woolston CofE Aided 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 | 3.039 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 3.039 miles away, the 9th longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The Reception last distance for 2026 was further than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- In 2024/25, 82% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Warrington.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 17 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Epping Drive, Woolston, Warrington, WA1 4QL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this welcoming and aspirational school where everyone wants the best for them.”
- “Pupils’ positive educational experience is reflected in their high rates of attendance and their eager smiles.”
- “They forge strong relationships with the staff and with each other.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects where curriculums are less well established, teachers’ subject knowledge is not as secure.”
- “This means that, in these areas, pupils’ achievement is not as strong as it could be.”
- “Although they provide valuable support to the school, some governors lack sufficient awareness of some aspects of the school’s curriculum.”
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) | 82% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 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 Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woolston Community Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bruche Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Birchwood CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Locking Stumps Community Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thelwall Community Junior School 1.4 mi Standards maintained