Croft Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.398 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Croft Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Croft 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 | 2.398 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 2.398 miles away, the 13th longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance.
- Its Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Mustard Lane, Croft, Warrington, WA3 7DG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 253 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy to attend this warm and welcoming village school.”
- “Pupils said that they have fun while learning.”
- “Leaders support pupils to develop into well-rounded citizens of the future.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders are still refining their curriculum thinking.”
- “There is too much content within some of these subject curriculums.”
- “This means that teachers are unsure about what key knowledge they should prioritise, so that pupils build on what they know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 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) | 73% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Lewis Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newchurch Community Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Locking Stumps Community Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Twiss Green Community Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bridget's Catholic Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Culcheth Community Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winwick CofE Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published