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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. 35 have a published Ofsted rating, and 22 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

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 · Requires improvement 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 · Requires improvement Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School Runcorn · Good 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 · Requires improvement 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

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.

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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