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66 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools

Halton has 66 state schools: 49 primary, 7 secondary, 1 all-through, 3 nursery. Between them they teach around 18,064 pupils. 55 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.3 out of 10, and 3 score 8 or above.

5 have a sixth form. 24 take children from age three or under. 23 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Runcorn 35 schools Widnes 31 schools
All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Widnes · Good Ashley High School Widnes · Outstanding Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School Widnes · Good Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Warrington Road Nursery School Widnes · Not judged Astmoor Primary School Runcorn · Not judged Beechwood Primary School Runcorn · Good Birchfield Nursery School widnes · Good Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy Runcorn · Not judged Bridgewater Park Primary School Runcorn · Requires improvement Brookfields School Widnes · Not judged Brookvale Primary School Runcorn · Good Castle View Primary School Runcorn · Good Chesnut Lodge Special School Widnes · Good Daresbury Primary School Warrington · Good Ditton Primary School Widnes · Good Fairfield Primary School Widnes · Good Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School Widnes · Good Gorsewood Primary School Runcorn · Good Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Liverpool · Good Halebank CofE Primary School Widnes · Not judged Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery Runcorn · Inadequate Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School Runcorn · Requires improvement Hillview Primary School Runcorn · Good Kingsway Primary Academy School Widnes · Good Lunts Heath Primary School Widnes · Not judged Moore Primary School Warrington · Good Moorfield Primary School Widnes · Good Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School Runcorn · Good Oakfield Community Primary School Widnes · Good Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy Runcorn · Requires improvement Ormiston Chadwick Academy Widnes · Good Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School Runcorn · Good Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Widnes · Good Palace Fields Primary Academy Runcorn · Good Pewithall School Runcorn · Not judged Riverside College Halton Widnes · Outstanding Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School Runcorn · Not judged Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School Widnes · Good Sandymoor Ormiston Academy Runcorn · Good St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Runcorn · Good St Basil's Catholic Primary School Widnes · Good St Bede's Catholic Infant School Widnes · Outstanding St Bede's Catholic Junior School WIDNES · Good St Berteline's CofE Primary School Runcorn · Not judged St Clement's Catholic Primary School Runcorn · Good St Edward's Catholic Primary School Runcorn · Not judged St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Widnes · Good St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Widnes · Good St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool Runcorn · Requires improvement St Mary's Church of England Primary School Runcorn · Good St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School Widnes · Good St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School Widnes · Good The Brow Community Primary School Runcorn · Good The Cavendish High Academy Runcorn · Outstanding The Grange School Runcorn · Good The Heath School Runcorn · Not judged The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School Runcorn · Good The Raise Academy Widnes Victoria Road Primary School Runcorn · Good Wade Deacon High School Widnes · Outstanding Westfield Primary School Runcorn · Good Weston Point Primary Academy Runcorn · Inadequate Weston Primary School Runcorn · Good Widnes Academy Widnes · Good Windmill Hill Primary School Runcorn · Good Woodside Primary School Runcorn · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Windmill Hill Primary School Good · ×0.4 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Victoria Road Primary School Good · ×0.6 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Gorsewood Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hillview Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Westfield Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Moorfield Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ormiston Chadwick Academy Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary's Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Halton

Primary schools: Community/VC oversubscription criteria (after LAC, siblings, medical/social) allocate by straight-line distance to the school — no LA-wide catchment map. Offer booklets publish 'Distance last place' cut-offs each year. (source)

Secondary schools: Same LA community pattern: distance after LAC/siblings; academy trusts may adopt the LA criteria or publish their own. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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