Burtonwood Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.149 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Burtonwood Community Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 May 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Burtonwood Community 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 | 2.149 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.149 miles away, the 18th longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 11 of the 36 applications (31%) came from families living outside Warrington, and 7 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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
- Green Lane, Burtonwood, Warrington, WA5 4AQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy in this school.”
- “They have a clear understanding of what constitutes bullying.”
- “On the occasions when bullying occurs, leaders deal with it swiftly and effectively.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have not ensured that some staff have sufficient expertise to deliver aspects of the early years curriculum.”
- “For example, from time to time, some children do not get sufficient opportunities to practise and consolidate earlier knowledge.”
- “However, leaders have not ensured that some staff encourage pupils to read a broad enough range of high-quality texts.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 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) | 81% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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 Warrington.
- St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barrow Hall Community Primary School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Philip (Westbrook) CofE Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Callands Primary Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winwick CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westbrook Old Hall Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dallam Community Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chapelford Village Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published