Weston Point Primary Academy

Weston Point Primary Academy is a small primary school that opened in January 2024 and is part of the Wade Deacon Trust. It has 82 pupils and a specially resourced provision for eight pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs. The school serves a community with higher-than-average proportions of disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND. Safeguarding standards are met.

Strengths

• Leaders are aspirational for all pupils and act swiftly to address barriers to learning, attendance and behaviour.
• Additional funding, including the pupil premium grant, is used effectively to develop pupils' language and reading.
• Staff are well trained to support pupils with SEND, and lessons are adapted so all pupils can access the curriculum.
• The resourced provision for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs is effective and pupils are included in school life.
• Personal development is comprehensive, with wide-ranging enrichment, leadership roles and community involvement.
• Pupils have a secure understanding of healthy relationships, online safety and British values.
• Behaviour is calm and consistent, and pupils feel safe and confident that bullying is dealt with quickly.
• Leaders and governance have high expectations, know the school well and have built trust with families.
• Staff benefit from strong professional development and opportunities to work with colleagues across the trust.
• Current pupils have secure phonics knowledge, read accurately, write fluently and show improving mathematics attainment.
• Attendance is around the national average, and attendance for pupils with SEND is above the national average.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' attainment in national tests at the end of Year 6 is below the national average.
• Some pupils' attendance is affected by holidays taken during term time.
• Leaders should continue to support teachers so that more pupils acquire secure knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Leaders should continue working with families to raise attendance, particularly for pupils taking holidays in term time.

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 Weston Point Primary Academy attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

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, 4.7% of pupils at Weston Point Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

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 Weston Point Primary Academy had 13.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

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, 25.6% of pupils at Weston Point Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

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 Weston Point Primary Academy received £12,318 and spent £12,134 for each of its 85 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £161,000 (£1,897 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Wade Deacon Trust, income was £9,213 and spending £8,949 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

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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All schools in Runcorn · Halton local authority: places and applications

Weston Point Primary Academy is part of Wade Deacon Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• The Grange School Runcorn
• Widnes Academy Widnes
• Wade Deacon High School Widnes
• Halewood Academy Knowsley
• Yew Tree Primary Academy Knowsley
• Oakdene Primary Academy Prescot
• Whiston Willis Primary Academy Prescot
• Sylvester Primary Academy Liverpool
• Hillside High School Bootle

What is Weston Point Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Weston Point Primary Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Weston Point Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Weston Point Primary Academy was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Weston Point Primary Academy have?

Weston Point Primary Academy has 82 pupils on roll.

What age range does Weston Point Primary Academy cover?

Weston Point Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Weston Point Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 25% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Weston Point Primary Academy?

Weston Point Primary Academy is at Castner Avenue, Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4EQ.