St Helen's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
15.525 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Helen's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Helen's Church of England 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 | 15.525 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 child offered a Reception place lived 15.525 miles away, the longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.13 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In Reception 2026, 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers; 7 of the 18 applications (39%) came from families living outside Warrington, and 6 offers went to them.
- 2024/25: 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Birch Road, Hollinfare, Warrington, WA3 6JS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 131 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend St Helen’s Church of England Primary School.”
- “Pupils feel happy because of the harmonious and cooperative relationships that they have with each other.”
- “They enjoy playing, learning and socialising together, especially at lunchtimes.”
To improve
- “However, some leaders are new to the role of leading a subject area.”
- “These leaders are still developing the expertise that they need to carry out their roles sufficiently well.”
- “That said, in some subjects, some teachers do not use assessment strategies effectively to check that pupils have retained important knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 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) | 86% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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.
- Gorse Covert Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Oughtrington Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Birchwood CofE Primary School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ravenbank Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Statham Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cherry Tree School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Locking Stumps Community Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woolston CofE Aided Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published