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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. 28 have a published Ofsted rating, and 24 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.

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) 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.

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 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 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

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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