# Schools in Halton

56 schools with published admissions figures

"1st preferences per place" is how many families named a school first, for each place it offered, in the newest year held. It describes demand. It is not a pass rate and it does not say whether a child would be offered a place. A dash means the figure is not held.

## How the 2026 round went

Counts families, not schools. The table below cannot be added up into these figures, because a child naming three schools appears in three of its rows.

### Primary

For September 2026, 93.4% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.7% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 7.0 points higher than in 2016, when it was 86.4%.

The council's primary schools between them had 1,555 places for 1,158 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.


### Secondary

For September 2026, 96.2% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 99.2% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 4.1 points higher than in 2016, when it was 92.1%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 1,690 places for 1,471 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.


## If a family is refused a place

In 2026, families in Halton lodged 48 appeals about a school place.

41 of them were heard by a panel and 23 succeeded, which is about 56 in every 100 heard.

The other 7 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.

This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

## Schools here running specialist SEN provision

7 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.

| School | Phase | What it runs |
|---|---|---|
| [Beechwood Primary School, Runcorn](/school/111175/beechwood-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Kingsway Primary Academy School, Widnes](/school/147267/kingsway-primary-academy-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Oakfield Community Primary School, Widnes](/school/133322/oakfield-community-primary-school) | primary | SEN unit and resourced provision |
| [St Basil's Catholic Primary School, Widnes](/school/111390/st-basil-s-catholic-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [The Brow Community Primary School, Runcorn](/school/111124/the-brow-community-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Victoria Road Primary School, Runcorn](/school/110992/victoria-road-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Westfield Primary School, Runcorn](/school/111240/westfield-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |

This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.

## All Through

| School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [The Grange School (Runcorn)](/school/144617/the-grange-school) | 0.98 | Good |

## Primary

| School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (Widnes)](/school/131217/all-saints-upton-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Astmoor Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111217/astmoor-primary-school) | 1.00 | Not judged |
| [Beechwood Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111175/beechwood-primary-school) | 1.05 | Standards maintained |
| [Bridgewater Park Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/140612/bridgewater-park-primary-school) | 0.91 | Expected standard |
| [Brookvale Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/132195/brookvale-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Castle View Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111116/castle-view-primary-school) | 0.94 | Good |
| [Daresbury Primary School (Warrington)](/school/143602/daresbury-primary-school) | 1.17 | Good |
| [Ditton Primary School (Widnes)](/school/147266/ditton-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Fairfield Primary School (Widnes)](/school/111197/fairfield-primary-school) | 0.98 | School remains Good |
| [Farnworth Church of England Controlled Primary School (Widnes)](/school/111394/farnworth-church-of-england-controlled-primary-school) | 0.95 | Good |
| [Gorsewood Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111176/gorsewood-primary-school) | 0.86 | School remains Good |
| [Hale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (Liverpool)](/school/111294/hale-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school) | 0.97 | Good |
| [Halebank CofE Primary School (Widnes)](/school/111244/halebank-cofe-primary-school) | - | Not judged |
| [Hallwood Park Primary School and Nursery (Runcorn)](/school/150963/hallwood-park-primary-school-and-nursery) | - | Inadequate |
| [Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/149959/halton-lodge-nursery-primary-school) | 1.00 | Requires improvement |
| [Hillview Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111169/hillview-primary-school) | 0.86 | School remains Good |
| [Kingsway Primary Academy School (Widnes)](/school/147267/kingsway-primary-academy-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Lunts Heath Primary School (Widnes)](/school/111199/lunts-heath-primary-school) | 1.14 | Not judged |
| [Moore Primary School (Warrington)](/school/110990/moore-primary-school) | 1.43 | School remains Good |
| [Moorfield Primary School (Widnes)](/school/111188/moorfield-primary-school) | 0.89 | Standards maintained |
| [Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School (Runcorn)](/school/111174/murdishaw-west-primary-and-nursery-school) | 0.83 | Good |
| [Oakfield Community Primary School (Widnes)](/school/133322/oakfield-community-primary-school) | 0.97 | Needs attention |
| [Our Lady Mother of the Saviour Catholic Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111378/our-lady-mother-of-the-saviour-catholic-primary-school) | 1.00 | Strong standard |
| [Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School (Widnes)](/school/133320/our-lady-of-perpetual-succour-catholic-primary-school) | 1.00 | Standards maintained |
| [Palace Fields Primary Academy (Runcorn)](/school/143768/palace-fields-primary-academy) | - | Standards maintained |
| [Pewithall School (Runcorn)](/school/111141/pewithall-school) | 0.85 | Not judged |
| [Runcorn All Saints CofE Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111314/runcorn-all-saints-cofe-primary-school) | 1.00 | Not judged |
| [St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (Runcorn)](/school/141980/st-augustine-s-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy) | 0.92 | Good |
| [St Basil's Catholic Primary School (Widnes)](/school/111390/st-basil-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.00 | Standards maintained |
| [St Bede's Catholic Infant School (Widnes)](/school/111372/st-bede-s-catholic-infant-school) | 0.98 | Outstanding |
| [St Berteline's CofE Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/151844/st-berteline-s-cofe-primary-school) | 1.10 | Not judged |
| [St Clement's Catholic Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111320/st-clement-s-catholic-primary-school) | 1.37 | Standards maintained |
| [St Edward's Catholic Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111319/st-edward-s-catholic-primary-school) | 0.94 | Not judged |
| [St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School (Widnes)](/school/111391/st-gerard-s-catholic-primary-and-nursery-school) | 1.00 | Strong standard |
| [St John Fisher Catholic Primary School (Widnes)](/school/111392/st-john-fisher-catholic-primary-school) | 1.00 | School remains Good |
| [St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool (Runcorn)](/school/111380/st-martin-s-catholic-primary-school-and-preschool) | 0.95 | Expected standard |
| [St Mary's Church of England Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/150879/st-mary-s-church-of-england-primary-school) | 0.91 | - |
| [St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School (Widnes)](/school/147262/st-michael-with-st-thomas-ce-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School (Widnes)](/school/111393/st-michaels-catholic-primary-nursery-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [The Brow Community Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111124/the-brow-community-primary-school) | 0.95 | Good |
| [The Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111321/the-holy-spirit-catholic-primary-school) | - | Good |
| [Victoria Road Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/110992/victoria-road-primary-school) | 0.60 | School remains Good |
| [Westfield Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111240/westfield-primary-school) | 0.86 | Good |
| [Weston Point Primary Academy (Runcorn)](/school/150204/weston-point-primary-academy) | - | Inadequate |
| [Weston Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111114/weston-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Widnes Academy (Widnes)](/school/141538/widnes-academy) | 1.00 | School remains Good |
| [Windmill Hill Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111177/windmill-hill-primary-school) | 0.40 | Good |
| [Woodside Primary School (Runcorn)](/school/111125/woodside-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |

## Secondary

| School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy (Runcorn)](/school/149032/blessed-carlo-acutis-catholic-and-church-of-england-academy) | 0.97 | Not judged |
| [Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy (Runcorn)](/school/136185/ormiston-bolingbroke-academy) | 0.97 | Expected standard |
| [Ormiston Chadwick Academy (Widnes)](/school/140864/ormiston-chadwick-academy) | 0.89 | Good |
| [Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School (Widnes)](/school/111457/saints-peter-and-paul-catholic-high-school) | 0.91 | School remains Good |
| [Sandymoor Ormiston Academy (Runcorn)](/school/147683/sandymoor-ormiston-academy) | 1.07 | Good |
| [The Heath School (Runcorn)](/school/136779/the-heath-school) | 0.97 | Not judged |
| [Wade Deacon High School (Widnes)](/school/139368/wade-deacon-high-school) | 1.15 | Outstanding |

Full page: /schools/halton
Figures from the Department for Education, Ofsted and local authorities; each school's own page lists its sources and dates.