Widnes Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Widnes Academy is a primary school in Widnes, Halton for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Widnes Academy 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, as at 36 of the 47 other Halton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 20 places.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Cholmondeley Street, Widnes, WA8 0EL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 127 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy attending Widnes Academy.”
- “There is a strong sense of community.”
- “Parents and carers value the approachability of staff.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two subjects, the essential knowledge and when pupils should learn it are less clear.”
- “This hinders leaders and teachers from checking that pupils are gaining all the knowledge they need as a foundation for their future learning.”
- “That said, in one or two subjects, teachers’ understanding of the most effective teaching approaches to deploy is not as well developed as it is in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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) | 43% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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.
- Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Victoria Road Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westfield Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary Academy School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Clement's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published