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

Widnes has 31 state schools: 20 primary, 3 secondary, part of Halton's wider catchment. 30 have a published Ofsted rating, and 26 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

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 Birchfield Nursery School widnes · Good Brookfields School Widnes · Not judged Chesnut Lodge Special School Widnes · Good Cronton Church of England Primary Academy Widnes · Outstanding Ditton Primary School Widnes · Good Fairfield Primary School Widnes · Good Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School Widnes · Good Halebank CofE Primary School Widnes · Not judged Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery Widnes · Good Kingsway Primary Academy School Widnes · Good Lunts Heath Primary School Widnes · Not judged Moorfield Primary School Widnes · Good Oakfield Community Primary School Widnes · Good Ormiston Chadwick Academy Widnes · Good Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Widnes · Good Riverside College Halton Widnes · Outstanding Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School Widnes · 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 Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Widnes · Good St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Widnes · Good St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School Widnes · Good St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School Widnes · Good The Raise Academy Widnes Wade Deacon High School Widnes · Outstanding Widnes Academy Widnes · 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.

Cronton Church of England Primary Academy Outstanding · ×0.89 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) Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School Good · ×0.95 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Oakfield Community Primary School Good · ×0.97 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Fairfield Primary School Good · ×0.98 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Bede's Catholic Infant School Outstanding · ×0.98 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.

Widnes straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Halton's, and Knowsley 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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