Ravenbank Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Lymm, Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.899 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ravenbank Primary School is a primary school in Lymm, Warrington for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Ravenbank 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 | 0.899 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 0.899 miles away, the 25th shortest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 26 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 20.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24.4 across 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
- Pepper Street, Lymm, WA13 0JT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 336 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Ravenbank Primary School.”
- “They feel well cared for by all staff.”
- “There is always someone to look after them, especially if they are feeling sad or worried.”
To improve
- “However, in some year groups, the implementation of the curriculum is not as effective.”
- “At times, the activities that teachers design do not help pupils to learn the subject content in the curriculum.”
- “They are not matched well enough to what pupils need to know and understand, especially those pupils who find learning more difficult.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 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) | 77% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Oughtrington Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cherry Tree School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Statham Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Helen's Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thelwall Community Junior School 2.4 mi Standards maintained
- Thelwall Infant School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Woolston CofE Aided Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published