St Lewis Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.230 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Lewis Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Lewis 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 | 2.230 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 2.230 miles away, the 16th longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2024, after swinging sharply between years.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 8 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family 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
- Mustard Lane, Croft, Mustard Lane, Croft, Wa3 7bd, Warrington, WA3 7BD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 102 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of this nurturing and caring school community.”
- “They develop positive relationships with staff and with each other.”
- “The school is highly ambitious for all pupils to become all that they ‘are meant to be’.”
To improve
- “In a small number of other subjects, these checks are less well developed.”
- “This prevents the school from fully understanding the impact of these subject curriculums on how well pupils achieve.”
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) | 40% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 8 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.
- Croft Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newchurch Community Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Twiss Green Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Culcheth Community Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Locking Stumps Community Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gorse Covert Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Birchwood CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published