Weston Point Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Runcorn, Halton·WA7 4EQ
Composite score
16.2
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#14,613
National rank
#2278
In North West
#49
In Halton
Top 99%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
25%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
96.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
No
Early years provision
Inadequate

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
4 first choices, 4 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
13
any preference, for 4 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Weston Point Primary Academy 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
85
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
11.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,835
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Weston Point Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Runcorn, Halton, Weston Point Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 85 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Inadequate' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 25% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. 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 100 in reading and 96 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Weston Point Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 4 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 14.2 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Weston Point Primary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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