Daresbury Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Warrington, Halton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.97 miles
Published by Halton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Daresbury Primary School is a primary school in Warrington, Halton for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2023. Halton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Daresbury 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 | 0.97 mi |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 85% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 23 went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (34%) were not offered a place.
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.97 miles away, the 4th shortest of the 10 Halton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 9.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 58.1% 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
- Chester Road, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Halton
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 March 2023
Strengths
- “Daresbury Primary is a happy and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils feel cared for and safe.”
- “They said that staff know them well.”
To improve
- “However, some of this work is still quite new which means it is early days in terms of these curriculums being taught.”
- “Some subject leaders are not sufficiently skilled or confident in ensuring that their intended subject curriculums are delivered effectively.”
- “In these subjects, teachers are less confident in designing learning that helps pupils to learn the more ambitious subject content effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 85% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 23 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.
- Moore Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Windmill Hill Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gorsewood Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Berteline's CofE Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater Park Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published