St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
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 🔒
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Runcorn, Halton for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary 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 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 36 of the 47 other Halton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 1 of the 4 earlier Reception years with a published outcome, places ran out and a last distance was published.
- For Reception entry in 2026 there were 11 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Conwy Court, Castlefields, Runcorn, WA7 2JJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 168 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “St Augustine’s is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are keen to learn and make friends.”
- “They are happy, and feel safe and supported in school.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, however, the school has not identified what important knowledge it wants pupils to learn.”
- “This makes it difficult for teachers to design learning opportunities that help pupils to gain the knowledge that they should.”
- “It also makes it difficult for teachers to check what pupils have learned and where they may have gaps in their understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 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) | 50% | 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, 12 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.
- Astmoor Primary School 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bridgewater Park Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Brow Community Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Windmill Hill Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle View Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Berteline's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published