St Bede's Catholic Infant School

Voluntary aided school·Infant school Widnes, Halton·WA8 6EL

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

St Bede's Catholic Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

58 first choices, 59 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

143

any preference, for 59 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0320220.9920230.9420241.0420250.982026

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

Every child who put St Bede's Catholic Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 226
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

22.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

5.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.5

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,490

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

St Bede's Catholic Junior School WIDNES · 0.0 mi 62.5 Fairfield Primary School Widnes · 0.4 mi 59.4 Kingsway Primary Academy School Widnes · 0.4 mi 33.8 St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Widnes · 0.6 mi 65.2 Ditton Primary School Widnes · 0.8 mi 37.4 St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Widnes · 0.8 mi 45.2 Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School Widnes · 0.9 mi 58.7 Lunts Heath Primary School Widnes · 1.1 mi 77.9

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

St Bede's Catholic Infant School at a glance

Located in Widnes, Halton, St Bede's Catholic Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 226 pupils aged 5 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection.

St Bede's Catholic Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 58 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.