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Woolston Community Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 230 pupils Warrington
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Woolston Community Primary School is an academy converter in Warrington for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 230 pupils on roll. In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Barnfield Road
Woolston
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 4NW
Phone 01925837764
Reference Number 147388

General Makeup

Number of pupils 230
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.04%
Girls: 46.96%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 21.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 16.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 22.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 23 9 32
2 24 11 35
3 17 13 30
4 15 18 33
5 14 20 34
6 16 19 35

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 82.6%
Pakistani 6.5%
White, Other 4.8%
Chinese 2.2%
Asian, Other 2.2%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Indian 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 12 Sep 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
12 Sep 2023 School inspection
07 Sep 2019 Academy conversion letter
21 Apr 2015 Full inspection:
Previously as Woolston Community Primary School
15 Oct 2013 Monitoring visit
10 Jul 2013 Full inspection:
28 Feb 2013 Monitoring visit
20 Jun 2012 Full inspection:
19 Jan 2009 Full inspection:
05 Dec 2005 Full inspection:
06 Dec 1999 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 62%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 6%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -4
Writing -2.5
Maths -4.3

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 15 1
Third Preference 21 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Woolston Community Primary School had 236 pupils for 210 places. That is 26 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Woolston” planning area

Warrington counted 184 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 131 in 2029–30, down 29%.

20212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210
Pupils 231233233236236
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Woolston Community Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 1.9%3.6%3.1%3.0%2.3%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%1.3%1.5%1.7%1.4%
Severely absent pupils 0.5%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Woolston Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.32.70.43.00.90.0
Permanent exclusions 000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Woolston Community Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.99.510.210.511.011.511.1
Teachers who left state teaching 16.3%16.1%9.6%8.0%3.9%6.8%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –20.0%47.1%71.4%76.9%33.3%–
Sick days per teacher –4.88.86.52.52.0–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.3% of pupils at Woolston Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 17 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 17
Moderate learning difficulty 16 1
Social, emotional and mental health 9 2
Specific learning difficulty 6 2
Speech, language and communication needs 1 1
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0
Physical disability 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Woolston Community Primary School received £7,161 and spent £7,224 for each of its 235 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £401,000 (£1,705 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of One Community Trust, income was £7,898 and spending £7,940 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £131,000£155,000£191,000£283,000£407,000£401,000
per pupil £588£687£818£1,209£1,740£1,705
In-year balance £76,000£28,000-£2,000£96,000£132,000-£15,000
per pupil £342£127-£9£410£565-£63

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Hillock Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4PQ
0.16 miles
Woolston CofE Aided Primary School
Epping Drive, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4QL
0.24 miles
Bruche Academy
Seymour Drive, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 3TT
0.5 miles
Christ Church CofE Primary School Padgate
Station Road, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0QJ
0.87 miles
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School
Padgate Lane, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 3LB
1.07 miles
Thelwall Infant School
Thelwall Infant School, Pelham Road, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2HF
1.3 miles
Thelwall Community Junior School
Thelwall New Road, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2HX
1.31 miles
Brook Acre Community Primary School
Hilden Road, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0JP
1.36 miles
Oakwood Avenue Community Primary School
Oakwood Avenue, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 3SZ
1.42 miles
St Bridget's Catholic Primary School
Capesthorne Road, Poulton-with-Fearnhead, St.Bridget's School Capesthorne Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0ER
1.49 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
Henshall Avenue, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1PY
1.49 miles
Cinnamon Brow Church of England Primary School
Perth Close, Fearnhead, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0SF
1.5 miles
Bradshaw Primary School
Bradshaw Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2QN
1.54 miles
Locking Stumps Community Primary School
Glover Road, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 7PH
1.55 miles
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Quebec Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 7SB
1.59 miles
Birchwood CofE Primary School
The Mount, Admirals Road, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 6QG
1.61 miles
St Elphin's Church of England Primary Academy
Farrell Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2GN
1.63 miles
Alderman Bolton Primary School
Longdin Street, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1PW
1.63 miles
Beamont Primary School
Beamont Primary School, Beamont Primary School, O'leary Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 7RQ
1.76 miles
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
School Road, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 9AD
1.87 miles
Name Distance
King's Leadership Academy Warrington
Hillock Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4PF
0.15 miles
Fox Wood Special School
Holes Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4LS
0.32 miles
Green Lane Community Special School
Woolston Learning Village, Holes Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4LS
0.39 miles
Woolston Brook School
Green Lane, Padgate, Green Lane, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4JL
0.39 miles
Padgate Academy
Insall Road, Warrington, WA2 0LN
1.13 miles
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School
Bridgewater Avenue, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1RX
1.2 miles
Birchwood Community High School
Brock Road, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 7PT
1.22 miles
Birchwood School
Ainscough Road, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7PW
1.23 miles
Chaigeley School
Lymm Road, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2TE
1.35 miles
Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School
Grammar School Road, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1JL
1.79 miles
Beamont Collegiate Academy
Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8PX
2.04 miles
Willow Tree Park
Willow Tree Park, Beech House, Booths Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0GH
2.17 miles
Warrington and Vale Royal College
Winwick Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8QA
2.28 miles
Priestley College
Loushers Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 6RD
2.34 miles
The Empower Academy
Halliwell Jones Stadium, Mike Gregory Way, Warrington, WA2 7NE
2.35 miles
Aldridge UTC Warrington
Owen Street, Warrington, WA2 7PA
2.41 miles
Infinite Schools - Warrington
Holly House, 73-75 Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1SL
2.52 miles
Bridgewater High School
Broomfields Road, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 3AE
2.98 miles
St Gregory's Catholic High School
Cromwell Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 1HG
3.43 miles
Lymm High School
Oughtrington Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0RB
3.59 miles

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Woolston Community Primary School is part of One Community Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Woolston Community Primary School have?

Woolston Community Primary School has 230 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woolston Community Primary School cover?

Woolston Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Woolston Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Woolston Community Primary School?

Woolston Community Primary School is at Barnfield Road, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4NW.

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