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Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 205 pupils Runcorn
Ofsted: Requires Improvement
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Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School is an academy converter in Runcorn for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 205 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in September 2021 of its predecessor, Halton Lodge Primary School. In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has more teachers for its size than most primary schools: 14.8 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: January 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Grangeway
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 5LU
Phone 01928564053
Reference Number 149959

General Makeup

Number of pupils 205
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.27%
Girls: 50.73%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 63.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 8.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 18
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 5 11 16
2 19 12 31
3 14 14 28
4 16 15 31
5 11 16 27
6 14 14 28

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.3%
White, Other 2%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
Pakistani 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
African 0.5%
Irish 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Halton Lodge Primary School, inspected in September 2021.

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Jan 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 69%
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 104
Maths 103
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 17 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School had 195 pupils for 210 places. 15 places (7.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Runcorn West Primary” planning area

Halton counted 282 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 252 in 2029–30, down 11%.

20242025
Places 210210
Pupils 207195
Unfilled 1.4%7.1%

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 Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20242025
Authorised absence 4.9%4.8%
Unauthorised absence 1.8%2.2%
Severely absent pupils 1.1%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, 1.5% of pupils at Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 5.94.6
Permanent exclusions 21

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 Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School had 14.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 10.47.3
Teachers who left state teaching 9.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 53.8%–
Sick days per teacher 1.1–

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, 21.0% of pupils at Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 10 9
Speech, language and communication needs 16 2
Moderate learning difficulty 10 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 1
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School received £10,141 and spent £9,273 for each of its 196 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £110,000 (£563 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Weaver Trust Limited, income was £7,638 and spending £7,605 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £110,000
per pupil £563
In-year balance £170,000
per pupil £868

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.

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0.3 miles
Castle View Primary School
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0.38 miles
Woodside Primary School
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0.38 miles
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0.53 miles
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0.78 miles
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0.81 miles
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0.82 miles
Beechwood Primary School
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0.83 miles
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0.98 miles
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0.99 miles
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0.99 miles
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1.15 miles
Astmoor Primary School
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1.2 miles
Palace Fields Primary Academy
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1.21 miles
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1.23 miles
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
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1.26 miles
Bridgewater Park Primary School
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1.29 miles
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1.3 miles
Westfield Primary School
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1.32 miles
Name Distance
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
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0.25 miles
The Grange School
Latham Avenue, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 5DX
0.41 miles
The Heath School
Clifton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4SY
0.54 miles
Hope Corner School
70 Clifton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4TD
0.59 miles
The Cavendish High Academy
Lincoln Close, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4YX
0.72 miles
Rivacre Brook
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0.82 miles
Weston Point College
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1.47 miles
Thrive Education and Wellbeing
Greenfields, Chester Road, Sutton Weaver, Cheshire, WA7 3EG
1.76 miles
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Barnfield Avenue, Murdishaw, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 6EP
1.89 miles
Poppy Field School
18 Lugsdale Road, Widnes, WA8 6DH
2.36 miles
Riverside College Halton
Kingsway, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7QQ
2.56 miles
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy, Wharford Lane, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1QU
2.68 miles
The Raise Academy
Naylor Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 0BS
2.87 miles
Chesnut Lodge Special School
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3.2 miles
Ashley High School
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3.25 miles
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Highfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7DW
3.27 miles
Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7TD
3.31 miles
Ormiston Chadwick Academy
Liverpool Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7HU
3.51 miles
Helsby High School
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3.72 miles
Finch Woods Academy
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4.94 miles

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Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School is part of Weaver Trust Limited, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

What is Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in September 2021 of its predecessor, Halton Lodge Primary School.

When was Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School have?

Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School has 205 pupils on roll.

What age range does Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School cover?

Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School?

Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School is at Grangeway, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 5LU.

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