Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.351 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Stretton St Matthew's CofE 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 | 1.351 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 1.351 miles away, 29th longest of 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.13 miles).
- Reception's 2026 last distance was about the same as 2025's and nearer than 2023's, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 24 went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% 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
- Stretton Road, Stretton, Warrington, WA4 4NT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to Stretton St Matthew’s.”
- “They arrive each morning keen to see what the day has to offer.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are warm and caring.”
To improve
- “However, this is not as successful during more informal learning opportunities.”
- “Here, staff are less confident in deepening children’s learning.”
- “This means that children do not make as much progress through the early years curriculum as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2025 (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: 27 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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.
- Appleton Thorn Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Broomfields Junior School 1.5 mi Good
- Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Cobbs Infant and Nursery School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stockton Heath Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas' CofE Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grappenhall St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published