Latchford St James CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.460 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Latchford St James CofE Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Latchford St James CofE 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 | 0.460 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.460 miles away, 9th shortest of the 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Old Road, Warrington, WA4 1AP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming and friendly school.”
- “The pupils who spoke with inspectors said that they enjoy attending this school and they feel safe.”
- “Pupils said that they have lots of friends and that adults help them with any concerns.”
To improve
- “Despite the overall strengths in the curriculum design, in a very small number of subjects, teachers do not deliver the curriculum content in the way that leaders intend.”
- “Some topics and concepts are not always delivered in the most logical order.”
- “In these subjects, a small number of pupils do not deepen their subject knowledge as thoroughly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 November 2022 (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) | 52% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- St Elphin's Church of England Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas' CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stockton Heath Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alderman Bolton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published