Penketh South Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Warrington·WA5 2PN
Composite score
33.8
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#12,644
National rank
#1898
In North West
#62
In Warrington
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 21 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8120221.2720230.8120241.0720250.952026

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

Every child who put Penketh South Community Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
250
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,135
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Penketh South Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Warrington, Penketh South Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 250 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 21.0 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 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Penketh South Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. Penketh South Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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