Bruche Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.372 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bruche Academy is a primary school in Warrington for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2022. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Bruche 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 | 0.372 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 Reception place offered went to a child living 0.372 miles away, the 5th shortest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023; it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2024 to 2025.
- In 2024/25, 97% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Warrington.
- There are 23.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Warrington.
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
- Seymour Drive, Padgate, Warrington, WA1 3TT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 243 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Bruche Primary School.”
- “They value being part of a happy and welcoming school community.”
- “Pupils told inspectors that this is an exciting place to learn.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, leaders’ checks are not as effective as they should be.”
- “This means that they are not aware that the curriculum in some subjects is not being implemented fully.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not build up their knowledge equally well across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 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) | 97% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Warrington.
- Woolston Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woolston CofE Aided Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Brook Acre Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published