Bridgewater Park Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Bridgewater Park Primary School is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Bridgewater Park 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 applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 36 of the 47 other Halton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 11 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 13.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.1 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
- Plantation Close, Castlefields, Bridgewater Park Primary School, Runcorn, WA7 2LW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 91 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Bridgewater Park thrive in the safe haven that leaders create for them.”
- “They enter school happily and are greeted by staff who know them well and are pleased to see them.”
- “Due to recent improvements, most pupils now attend school more regularly.”
To improve
- “Pupils say that bullying can happen.”
- “However, for some older pupils, gaps in what they know and remember from previous learning prevent them from achieving well in national curriculum tests.”
- “They recognise where the curriculum needs further refinement so that pupils secure the essential knowledge and vocabulary they need to be fully ready for the next stage of their learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 February 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) | 42% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 10 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.
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Astmoor Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Brow Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Berteline's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Windmill Hill Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Palace Fields Primary Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castle View Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published