St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Widnes, 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 John Fisher Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Widnes, Halton for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 May 2023. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St John Fisher 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 | 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, whereas places ran out in both 2022 and 2024, the earlier years with a published outcome.
- There were 17 first-choice applications for 17 Reception offers in 2026: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 7th highest of 47 Halton primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 57% was the 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton that have results.
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
- Edward Street, Widnes, WA8 0BW
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They are happy, polite and well-mannered.”
- “Leaders ensure that pupils have a secure understanding of the harmful effects of bullying.”
To improve
- “That said, in a small number of subjects, leaders have not considered carefully enough the knowledge that pupils most need to be successful.”
- “In these few subjects, teachers are not as clear about what should be taught and when.”
- “As a result, some teachers do not deliver the curriculum as well as leaders intend.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 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) | 57% | 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, 17 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 Halton.
- Moorfield Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fairfield Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Infant School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Junior School 0.9 mi Improved significantly
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary Academy School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Lunts Heath Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published