Thelwall Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.028 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thelwall Infant School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Thelwall Infant 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 | 1.028 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
- For Reception 2026, the last place offered went to a child living 1.028 miles away, the 28th shortest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception distances have swung sharply, most of all from 2025 to 2026; the 2026 figure was nearer than in 2025 and the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry, there were 28 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 5.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 21.7% 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
- Thelwall Infant School, Pelham Road, Thelwall, Warrington, WA4 2HF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 140 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders and staff ensure that pupils feel part of the friendly school community.”
- “Pupils told inspectors that everyone is made to feel welcome, regardless of their differences.”
- “They value the strong friendships that they have with their classmates.”
To improve
- “However, as a result of the previous weaker curriculums, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “This means that these pupils do not achieve as well as they should in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 28 first-preference applications, 31 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.
- Bradshaw Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thelwall Community Junior School 0.4 mi Standards maintained
- Grappenhall St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alderman Bolton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woolston Community Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published