Weston Primary School

Community school·Primary school Runcorn, Halton·WA7 4RA
Composite score
36.4
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#11,996
National rank
#1787
In North West
#36
In Halton
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
93%
30 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
1.75 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2817 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8120221.0020230.8720240.8920251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
199
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,128
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Weston Primary School at a glance

Located in Runcorn, Halton, Weston Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 199 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 93% of the families who made Weston Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 1.75 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 22.1 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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