Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Widnes, Halton for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Farnworth Church of England Controlled 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
- 7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 32.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in both earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 67% figure for 2024/25 was the 4th highest 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
- Pit Lane, Widnes, WA8 9HS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 414 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel that they are well cared for and the relationships between pupils and staff are positive and respectful.”
- “This was summed up by some Year 5 pupils who shared with inspectors that they wanted to take their teachers with them to high school.”
- “Pupils said that staff provide timely help if they feel worried or upset.”
To improve
- “However, some staff are still honing their expertise to deliver aspects of the phonics programme as leaders intend.”
- “This means that, from time to time, some staff do not ensure that pupils read books that are matched closely enough to their phonics knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 September 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) | 67% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 53 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.
- Lunts Heath Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fairfield Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moorfield Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Junior School 0.9 mi Improved significantly
- St Bede's Catholic Infant School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ditton Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary Academy School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published