St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.852 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Peter's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 17 April 2024. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Peter's 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 | 4.852 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
- At 4.852 miles, the Reception 2026 last distance offered was the 4th longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.13 miles).
- Further than in 2025 and 2023, the Reception 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance; the sharpest swing came between 2024 and 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Rated Outstanding by Ofsted on 17 April 2024, it had 79% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%).
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
- Hillock Lane, Woolston, Warrington, WA1 4PQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 17 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Peter’s are exceptionally kind and caring.”
- “They go out of their way to make sure that everyone feels included.”
- “Pupils talked very confidently about the ways in which people are similar and different.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 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) | 79% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 21 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.
- Woolston CofE Aided Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Woolston Community Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bruche Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Thelwall Community Junior School 1.3 mi Standards maintained
- Thelwall Infant School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Brook Acre Community Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published