Locking Stumps Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Warrington·WA3 7PH
Composite score
42.2
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#10,120
National rank
#1485
In North West
#54
In Warrington
Top 68%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
67%
45 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.50
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
64
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.26 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 425 m
Applications from another council area
2%

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
400
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,408
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Locking Stumps Community Primary School is a primary school serving Warrington, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 400 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 56% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with 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 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Locking Stumps Community Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 45 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.26 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Locking Stumps 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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