Woolston Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.134 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woolston Community 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 13 September 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Woolston 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 | 1.134 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 went to a child living 1.134 miles away, the 33rd longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance, and the biggest swing came between 2025 and 2026.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% 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
- Barnfield Road, Woolston, Warrington, WA1 4NW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel included at this caring school community.”
- “They value and embrace difference.”
- “They also appreciate and welcome pupils who are part of the specially resourced provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, some teachers do not regularly check what pupils understand.”
- “As a result, misconceptions and gaps in their knowledge are not addressed.”
- “Nevertheless, the school knows that there is more work to do to ensure that the subject-specific vocabulary is used consistently well by teachers and understood by pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 October 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) | 62% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woolston CofE Aided Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Bruche Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Thelwall Infant School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Thelwall Community Junior School 1.3 mi Standards maintained
- Brook Acre Community Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published