St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Warrington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.064 miles
Published by Warrington Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Warrington for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Warrington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Margaret's Church of England 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 | 1.064 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 child offered a place lived 1.064 miles away, the 31st shortest of the 65 Warrington primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.13 miles).
- That Reception 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, but it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2024 to 2025.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 56 first-choice applications for 56 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- At 29.8%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals is below the middle figure of 43.2% 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
- School Road, Orford, Warrington, WA2 9AD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warrington
- Pupils on roll
- 460 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.8% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 56 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 56 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.
- Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Warrington St Ann's Church of England Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Brook Acre Community Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beamont Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published