Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Cheshire West and Chester Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School is a primary school in Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Cheshire West and Chester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Willow Wood Community Nursery and 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 35% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026: 38 first-choice applications for 42 offers, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 48.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 35.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Cheshire West and Chester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire West and Chester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bradbury Road, Wharton, Winsford, CW7 3HN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Pupils on roll
- 310 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 35% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 38 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 Cheshire West and Chester.
- Wharton CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St. Chad's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Winsford High Street Community Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grange Community Nursery and Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Darnhall Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Over St John's CofE Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Over Hall Community School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published