St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · Runcorn, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 20 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The latest inspection, on 21 April 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 18 July 2023, was Requires improvement.
- The free school meals figure is 42.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 58.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Halton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Martin's Lane, Murdishaw, St Martin's Lane, Murdishaw, Runcorn, WA7 6HZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 164 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel proud to belong to St Martin’s Catholic Primary School and Pre-School.”
- “Pupils arrive each morning happy and ready to learn.”
- “They enjoy seeing their friends and are greeted with a smile by staff who know them well.”
To improve
- “On the whole, pupils are ready for the next stage of their education, although higher attainers in reading do not yet reach the highest standards and an attainment gap remains for disadvantaged pupils.”
- “However, there is more work to do to ensure that pupils attend in line with national averages, especially those with the lowest attendance.”
- “The next step is to deepen learning across all areas of the curriculum, including through further development of the outdoor provision.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2026 (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) | 63% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 20 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 Halton.
- Gorsewood Primary School 0.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Berteline's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brookvale Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Windmill Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Palace Fields Primary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Park Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published