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35 open schools in Runcorn, Halton · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Halton schools · grammar schools in Runcorn

Runcorn has 35 state schools: 29 primary, 4 secondary, part of Halton's wider catchment. 31 have a published Ofsted rating, and 21 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Average score
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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) St Mary's Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Grange School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Castle View Primary School Good · ×0.94 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.

Runcorn straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Halton's, and Cheshire West and Chester also has schools here, applying under its own.

Astmoor Primary School Runcorn · Not judged Aston by Sutton Primary School Runcorn · Good Beechwood Primary School Runcorn · Good Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy Runcorn · Not judged Bridgewater Park Primary School Runcorn Brookvale Primary School Runcorn · Good Castle View Primary School Runcorn · Good Gorsewood Primary School Runcorn · Good Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery Runcorn · Inadequate Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School Runcorn · Requires improvement Hillview Primary School Runcorn · Good Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School Runcorn · Good Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy Runcorn Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School Runcorn Palace Fields Primary Academy Runcorn · Good Pewithall School Runcorn · Not judged Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School Runcorn · Not judged Sandymoor Ormiston Academy Runcorn · Good St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Runcorn · 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 Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool Runcorn St Mary's Church of England Primary School Runcorn · 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 Victoria Road Primary School Runcorn · Good Westfield Primary School Runcorn · Good Weston Point Primary Academy Runcorn · Inadequate Weston Primary School Runcorn · Good Windmill Hill Primary School Runcorn · Good Woodside Primary School Runcorn · Good

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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