Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 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 🔒
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Widnes, Halton for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 18 December 2024. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 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
- 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Halton.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, with 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers; places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years.
- 22.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 54.9% 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
- Clincton View, Widnes, WA8 8JN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 18 December 2024
Strengths
- “This is a very warm and welcoming school, which has a strong, inclusive ethos.”
- “Pupils live out the school’s value, ’We learn to love everyone as Jesus loves us’.”
- “They are highly respectful of each other, staff and visitors.”
To improve
- “However, from time-to-time, teachers’ checks on what pupils know are not as effective as they could be.”
- “This means that some pupils spend more time learning things that they already understand, as opposed to deepening their learning.”
- “However, this is not routinely the case, and this affects how well some pupils’ writing demonstrates their understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2025 (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) | 61% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Oakfield Community Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Basil's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Halebank CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ditton Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary Academy School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published